John M. Johansen architectural drawings and papers, 1939-2007

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Series II: Professional Papers, 1955-2001

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