A giant of American architecture has passed. Philip Johnson the innovator of so many different styles of architecture has died at the age of 98:

Architect Philip Johnson, who is credited with bringing some of the ideas of European modern design to the United States and transforming them into a uniquely American form, has died at his home in New Canaan, Conn. He was 98.

Among his most famous designs are the Glass House, his own home in New Canaan, a glass building with an exposed steel frame, New York's Seagram Building, which he designed in collaboration with Mies van der Rohe, and the elliptical shaped 53rd at Third, also known as the Lipstick Building, in New York City.

Johnson is also known for his Post-Modern icons such as the chippendale topped AT&T Building in New York.

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[David]

Trully a sad day...

[David]

A sad day indeed.

[Michele]

Ah... the NY State Theatre, his Glass House... the end of another era.