John Burgee
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in New York City, formerly AT&T World HeadquartersJohn Burgee (born August 28, 1933) is an American architect noted for his contributions to
AT&T World Headquarters in New York. Burgee eased Johnson out of the firm in 1991, and when it subsequently went bankrupt, Burgee's design career was essentially over.[1] Burgee is retired, and resides in California.[2]
Life and career
Burgee graduated from the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame in 1956, and served on the university's Board of Trustees from 1988 until 2006, when he was named trustee emeritus, and on the School of Architecture's Advisory Council from 1982. He also served on the boards of the Architectural League of New York, Lenox Hill Hospital, Columbia University's Master of Sciences Program in Real Estate Development, the Parsons School of Design, and the Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District, and was the co-chairman of the Architectural Committee of the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Centennial Commission. For the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, Burgee was president and chairman.[3]
Johnson/Burgee Architects
Comerica Tower in Detroit
.John Burgee and Philip Johnson established Johnson/Burgee in
Third Avenue, between 53rd and 54th Streets, which the firm had designed. That same year, Burgee negotiated a lesser role in the partnership for Johnson, as a design consultant, and in 1988 he asked Ahuja to leave. Completing the transformation of the firm, in 1991 Johnson left altogether, at Burgee's behest. Shortly thereafter, the firm went into bankruptcy because of an arbitration connected to Ahuja's leaving, and Burgee's career was dealt a serious blow.[1][2]
Their collaborations include:
- 1969 – Master plan for Roosevelt Island in the East River, New York City [4]
- 1973 – Seneca Niagara Casino), Niagara Falls, New York
- 1973 – 49th Street BMT Subway Station (reconstruction), Manhattan, New York City[5]
- 1974 – Morningside House (Reception Building and Administration and Medical Services Building), The Bronx, New York City[6]
- 1974 – Fort Worth, Texas
- 1974 – Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase, Purchase, New York
- 1974 – Bombay, India[7]
- 1975 – Pennzoil Place, Houston, Texas
- 1976 – Reconstruction of the interior of
- 1977 – South Bend, Indiana
- 1980 – 1001 Fifth Avenue (apartment building), Manhattan, New York City[9]
- 1981 – Bank of America Center, Block 84, Houston, Texas
- 1983 – Transco Tower), Houston, Texas
- 1984 – PPG Place, Pittsburgh
- 1984 – Sony Building, Manhattan, New York City[10]
- 1982 – 33 Maiden Lane, Manhattan, New York City[11]
- 1983 – "Third Avenue, Manhattan, New York City[12]
- 1986 – Dallas, Texas
- 1986 – Tycon Center, Fairfax County, Virginia
- 1987 – 190 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.; Burgee's first skyscraper in Chicago, where he was born[13]
- 1987 – Comerica Bank Tower, Dallas, Texas
- 1984 – One Atlantic Center (IBM Building), Atlanta
- 1983 – 500 Boylston Street, Boston
- 1989 – Gate of Europe, Madrid, Spain
- 1989 – Museum of Television and Radio, Manhattan, New York City[14]
- 1990 – 191 Peachtree Tower, Atlanta
- 1991 – One Detroit Center, Detroit (Ally Detroit Center)
- 1991 – 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
- 1993 – 400 West Market, Louisville, Kentucky
Awards and honors
- 1978: AIA Award for Pennzoil Place
- 1983: Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, University of Notre Dame
- 1984: Chicago Architecture Award, Illinois Council of the AIA (first recipient)
- 2004: Orlando T. Maione Award for distinguished contributions to the Notre Dame School of Architecture[15]
See also
References
Notes
- ^ New York Times(January 27, 2005)
- ^ New York Times(August 8, 2010)
- ^ "John Burgee" on the Institute for Sacred Architecture website. Accessed:2011-01-29
- New York Times(December 4, 2005)
- ^ White et al., p.301
- ^ White et al., p.880
- ^ Lang, p. 89. "The Nariman Point area of Mumbai has become the city's new Central Business District. It contains a prestigious core area and a more crowded area of standard office buildings with somewhat differing façades. The former contains the Air India Building designed by John Burgee (b. 1933) of Johnson/Burgee in New York"
- New York Times(May 20, 2004)
- ^ White et al., p.452
- ^ White et al., p.334
- ^ White, et al., p.38
- ^ White et al., p.347
- ^ "190 South La Salle Street" Archived 2020-10-27 at the Wayback Machine on Chicago Architecture Info website
- ^ White et al., p.330
- ^ John Burgee - 2004 Orlando T. Maione Award
Bibliography
- Lang, Jon T. Concise History of Modern Architecture: in India. ISBN 8178240173, 9788178240176.
- ISBN 978-0-19538-386-7.
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