This series primarily consists of Johansen's essays--drafts and published versions, for magazines and talks--as well as manuscripts for books, including for his monograph that was later published as A Life in the Continuum of Modern Architecture (1995). This series also includes various paper records, including Johansen's C.V., letters from John F. Kennedy and Marshall McLuhan, his sketchbook, and certificates of awards from different institutions.
Box 2 Folder 2 Act and Behavior in Architecture, 1961
Article published in [i]Perspecta[/i] vol. 7, 1961 with draft
Box 2 Folder 3 Aesthetics of the City, 1972
Drafts dated April 18, 1972
Box 2 Folder 4 An Architecture for the Electronic Age, 1966
Draft and copies of the published version, published in [i]The American Scholar[/i] vol. 35 no. 3, Summer, 1966
Box 2 Folder 5 Architect-Artist, 1994
Copy of a booklet titled [i]John M. Johansen: Architect-Artist[/i] put together by former clients, who were selling their house, for prospective buyers
Box 2 Folder 6 Architecture: Three Imperatives, 1984
Copies of an article published in [i]Architecture: The AIA Journal[/i], March 1984
Box 2 Folder 7 Architecture: The Environmental Art, 1965
Drafts of a lecture at Clark University, January 8, 1965
Box 2 Folder 8 Book Review: Architecture: Action and Plan, 1967
Published review of Peter Cook's [i]Architecture: Action and Plan[/i] in [i]Architectural Forum[/i]. December 1967
Box 2 Folder 9 Book Review: The Matrix of Man, 1969
Review of Sibily Moholy Nagy's [i]The Matrix of Man[/i] published in [i]Architectural Forum[/i], May 1969, with draft
Box 2 Folder 10 By Their Own Design, 1979
Draft
Box 2 Folder 11 Comments on Post Modernism, 1983
Draft on Post Modernism, dated March 8, 1983
Box 2 Folder 12-13 Experimentations in Architecture, 1993
Working manuscripts titled [i]Experimentations in Architecture[/i], later published as [i]John M. Johansen: A Life in the Continuum of Modern Architecture[/i]
Box 2 Folder 14 Finding Poetry and Human Values in Technology, 1989
Published article in [i]AIA Memo[/i], September 1989
Box 2 Folder 15 Interview for L'Arca, 1989
Transcript of an interview for L'Arca no. 29, July-August, 1989
Box 2 Folder 16 Introduction to the Volume on Islamic Architecture, 1971
Draft with correspondence
Box 2 Folder 17 Observations and Deductions, 1986
Draft titled [i]Observations and Deductions[/i]
Box 2 Folder 18 New Town, 1967
Published article in [i]Architectural Forum[/i], September 1967
Box 2 Folder 19 On the Attainment of Quality, 1963
Transcript of a talk at AIA's event titled [i]The Professional Program: The Quest for Quality in Architecture[/i], in a panel titled "On the Attainment of Quality," published in [i]AIA Journal[/i], July 1963
Box 2 Folder 20 Philosophical Horizons, 1960
Transcript of a talk in a panel on "Philosophical Horizons" published in [i]AIA Journal[/i], June 1960
Box 2 Folder 21 Response to Ada Louise Huxtable, 1993
Response to Ada Louise Huxtable's "Inventing American Reality" published in [i]Interior Design[/i], May 1993
Box 2 Folder 22 Space-time Palladian, 1955
Drafts for an article published in [i]Architectural Record[/i], December 1955
Box 2 Folder 23 Sprayform Project, 1959
Descriptions, letters of endorsement from various architects regarding Johansen's attempt to request funding for Sprayform Project from Portland Cement Assocation
Box 2 Folder 24 The City as Organism, 1999
Draft of an article titled "The City as Organism" for [i]Ecoenea[/i] with correspondence
Box 2 Folder 25 The Avant-Garde in Architecture Today, 1964
Draft and a copy of the published version
Box 2 Folder 26 The Mummers Theater: A Fragment not a Building, 1968
Article published in [i]Architectural Forum[/i], May 1968, with drafts
Box 2 Folder 27 The New Modernity, 1989
Article published in [i]a+u[/i], September 1989
Box 2 Folder 28 The Poetic Truth of Architecture, 1957
Script of a lecture
Box 2 Folder 29 Book: Articles, 1966-1993
Various articles and clippings, collected for Johansen's monograph, including a draft by Lebbeus Woods
Box 2 Folder 30 Book: Illustrations - Background, undated
Photographs, drawings, and text description collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 31 Book: Illustrations - Building Complexes, undated
Photographs and clippings of Roosevelt Island, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 32 Book: Illustrations - Clowes Hall, undated
Photographs and drawings of Clowes Hall, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 33 Book: Illustrations - Dublin Embassy, undated
Photographs, drawings, and clippings of US Embassy in Dublin, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 34 Book: Illustrations - Goddard Library, undated
Photographs and drawings of Goddard Library, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 35 Book: Illustrations - Late Projects, undated
Photographs, drawings, and text description of late projects, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 36 Book: Illustrations - Other Arts, undated
Photographs, drawings, and clippings, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 37 Book: Illustrations - State College, undated
Photographs of State College, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 38 Book: Illustrations - Staten Island Community College, undated
Photographs, clippings, and drawings of Staten Island Community College, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 39 Book: Illustrations - Symbolic Houses, undated
Photographs, clippings, and drawings of Symbolic Houses, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 40 Book: Illustrations - Sprayform, undated
Photographs, clippings, and drawings of Sprayform, collected for Johansen's monograph
Box 2 Folder 41 C.V., undated
Box 2 Folder 42 Cassette: Ad Hoc Architecture, 1983
Recording of a talk by John Johansen, produced by Pidgeon Audio Visual, accompanied with transparencies
Box 2 Folder 43 Correspondence, 1961-1967
Correspondence, including with John. F. Kennedy and Marshall McLuhan
Box 2 Folder 44 Letter to George Seferis, 1970
Box 2 Folder 45 Miscellaneous, 1962, 1966
Poster of an exhibition by Leonard Baskin and clipping
Box 2 Folder 46 Negatives - Projects, undated
Includes negatives of projects by Johansen
Box 11 Folder 1 Photos - Johansen, 1961-1975, undated
Photographs of John Johansen in various events and or with notable figures such as Le Corbusier, Marshall McLuhan, and John Lindsay: 17 items
Box 11 Folder 2 Posters & Pamphlets, 1968-1996
Posters and pamphlets regarding events in which Johansen was involved, mainly as speakers
Box 11 Folder 3 Sketchbook, 1991-2001
Johansen's sketchebook on applications of various building technologies
Box 11 Folder 4 Sketches, undated
Copies of sketches
Box 17 Folder 8 Certificates, 1956-1977
Certificates of awards from various institutions