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My first ever book review is up! (Patreon)

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2019-01-29 16:06:07

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My first ever book review, in which I tackle The Man in the Glass House, Mark Lamster's biography of architect Phillip Johnson, is up at The Nation!

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Reckoning With the Man Who Sold Architecture to the Masses

There have been few personalities in architecture as vexing, complex, and influential as Philip Johnson. Born in Cleveland in 1906, Johnson was heir to a vast stock-market fortune.