More Mies than Mies. Philip Johnson and some limits of originality

The controversy over the similarities between the Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Plano, IL, 1950) and Philip Johnson’s Glass House (New Canaan, CT, 1949) is well known. It has become a modern paradigm and an example of allusion and architectural copy or plagiarism. However, no such co...

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spelling	oai:ojs.www.unisinos.br:article-44652021-08-30T19:09:20Z More Mies than Mies. Philip Johnson and some limits of originality Más Mies que el propio Mies. Philip Johnson y algunos límites de la originalidad Tárrago Mingo, Jorge The controversy over the similarities between the Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Plano, IL, 1950) and Philip Johnson’s Glass House (New Canaan, CT, 1949) is well known. It has become a modern paradigm and an example of allusion and architectural copy or plagiarism. However, no such controversy should arise, at least in terms of its originality, as Philip Johnson published a startling article in Architectural Review, in September 1950, revealing “the sources of his inspiration” and openly acknowledged his debt to the Farnsworth House and, in general, to the architecture of Mies. Retrieving other texts of Johnson and reviewing what others have written about it, we suggest how the iconoclastic manner in which he published the Glass House was questioning the limits of the originality of the creative process.Keywords: Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Glass House, originality. Es conocida la controversia por el parecido entre la casa Farnsworth de Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Plano, IL, 1950) y la Glass House de Philip Johnson (New Canaan, CT, 1949). Se ha convertido en todo un paradigma moderno y ejemplo sobre la alusión y la copia o el plagio arquitectónico. Sin embargo, no debería plantearse tal polémica, al menos en cuanto a su originalidad, pues Philip Johnson publicó en septiembre de 1950 un sorprendente artículo en Architectural Review donde revelaba “las fuentes de su inspiración” y reconocía abiertamente la deuda con la casa Farnsworth y, en general, con la arquitectura de Mies. Recuperando otros textos de Johnson y revisando lo que otros autores han escrito al respecto, planteamos cómo, con el modo iconoclasta en el que publicó la Glass House, más bien estaba cuestionando los límites de la originalidad del proceso creativo.Palabras clave: Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Glass House, originalidad. Unisinos 2016-02-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/arquitetura/article/view/arq.2015.112.01 10.4013/arq.2015.112.01 Arquitetura Revista; v. 11 n. 2 (2015): Jul-Dez; 56-63 1808-5741 spa https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/arquitetura/article/view/arq.2015.112.01/5163
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description	The controversy over the similarities between the Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Plano, IL, 1950) and Philip Johnson’s Glass House (New Canaan, CT, 1949) is well known. It has become a modern paradigm and an example of allusion and architectural copy or plagiarism. However, no such controversy should arise, at least in terms of its originality, as Philip Johnson published a startling article in Architectural Review, in September 1950, revealing “the sources of his inspiration” and openly acknowledged his debt to the Farnsworth House and, in general, to the architecture of Mies. Retrieving other texts of Johnson and reviewing what others have written about it, we suggest how the iconoclastic manner in which he published the Glass House was questioning the limits of the originality of the creative process.Keywords: Philip Johnson, Mies van der Rohe, Glass House, originality.
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