TMH Architecture Movie Series
Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) will conclude the 2011-2012 Nowell?s Architecture Movie Series with ?Philip Johnson: Diary of an Eccentric Architect? on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Galaxy Cinema in Cary.
One of the best-known and most influential American architects of the 20th century, Philip Johnson, FAIA (1906-2005) founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1930. It was there that he and friends Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Henry-Russell Hitchcock assembled the landmark exhibition ?The International Style: Architecture Since 1922? in 1932. The show introduced the American public to the modern architecture that Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and others were designing in Europe.
In 1978 Johnson was awarded the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the highest honor the AIA confers, as well as the first-ever Pritzker Architecture Prize to honor an architect of international stature.
A few of Johnson?s most famous projects include Minneapolis?s IDS Tower, the Crystal Cathedral megachurch in Southern California, the AT&T Building in Manhattan, and his own Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he died in his sleep in 2005. (The Glass House is now open to the public.)
Directed by Barbara Wolf, the film ?depicts Johnson at work, the importance of the architectural act, and the buildings? interaction with their environment,? according to Design Intelligence (di.net/videos).
Lee Hansley Gallery is sponsoring this special screening of ?Philip Johnson: Diary of an Eccentric Architect.? Sponsors for the entire TMH Architecture Movie Series include Nowell?s Contemporary Furniture, Dail Dixon FAIA, Studio B Architecture/BuildSense, Modern Home Auction, Cherry Modern, Kontek, and Alphin Design+Build.
Tickets to the film are $9. The Galaxy Cinema is located at 770 Cary Towne Boulevard, Cary, NC 27511 (919-463-9989).
Hosted by Triangle Modernist Houses, the annual Nowell?s Architecture Movie Series features hard-to-find films about Modernist architects and architecture. Films are shown one Thursday of each month from October through March. All proceeds from ticket sales support Triangle Modernist Houses? mission of documenting, preserving and promoting Modernist residential design from the 1950s to today. For more information on the award-winning non-profit organization, visit www.trianglemodernisthouses.com.
About Triangle Modernist Houses:
Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) is a 501C3 nonprofit established in 2007 to preserve and promote Modernist architecture. The award-winning website, now the largest educational and historical archive for Modernist residential design in America, continues to catalog, preserve, and advocate for North Carolina Modernism. TMH also hosts popular Modernist house tours several times a year, giving the public access to the Triangle?s most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours raise awareness and help preserve these ?livable works of art? for future generations. Visit the website at www.trianglemodernisthouses.com. TMH also has an active community on Facebook.
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