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Philip Johnson / For other people named Philip Johnson, see?Philip Johnson (disambiguation). Philip Johnson Philip Johnson at age 95 in his office,Seagram Building, Manhattan with his model of a 30 by 60 sculpture created for a?Qatari?collector. (2002) Born Philip Cortelyou JohnsonJuly 8, 1906Cleveland,?Ohio, United States Died January 25, 2005?(aged?98)New Canaan, Connecticut, United States Nationality American Alma mater Harvard Graduate School of Design Awards Pritzker Prize?(1979)AIA Gold Medal?(1978) Buildings IDS Tower,?PPG Place,Crystal Cathedral Design Buildings clad entirely in glass Philip Cortelyou Johnson?(July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential[1]?American architect. In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the?Museum of Modern Art?in New York City. In 1978 he was awarded an?American Institute of Architects?Gold Medal?and in 1979 the first?Pritzker Architecture Prize.[2]?He was a student at the?Harvard Graduate School of Design. Johnson was gay, and has been called the best-known openly gay architect in America. He came out publicly in 1993.[3] Johnson died in his sleep while at the?Glass House?retreat. He was survived by his life partner of 45 years,?David Whitney,[4][5][6][7]?who died later that year at age 66.[8] Contents ??[hide]? 1?Early life 1.1?The Glass House 1.2?The Seagram Building 2?Later buildings 3?Notable works 3.1?1943–1980 3.2?1981–2010 4?In popular culture 5?References 6?Further reading 7?External links Early life[edit source?|?editbeta] Chapel of St. Basil?(1992) on the Academic Mall at the?University of St. Thomas?in?Houston, Texas. Johnson was born in?Cleveland,?Ohio. He was descended from the Jansen family of New Amsterdam, and included among his ancestors the Huguenot?Jacques Cortelyou, who laid out the first town plan of?New Amsterdam?for?Peter Stuyvesant. He attended the?Hackley School, in?Tarrytown, New York, and then studied at?Harvard University?as an undergraduate, where