Habitable sculptures; Kreeger Museum showcases Philip Johnson's last designs.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ARCHITECTURE)

The Washington Times | March 15, 2008 | Copyright

Byline: Deborah K. Dietsch , THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A design chameleon, architect Philip Johnson (1906-2005) continually changed styles over his long career to embrace the new.

Mr. Johnson started out as a modernist, basing his 1949 Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's pared-down buildings. Tired of the austerity, he dabbled in abstracted neoclassicism before delving into postmodernism during the 1980s to create decorated high-rises such as the Chippendale-inspired AT&T (now Sony) tower in midtown Manhattan.

By the time he ...

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