The commercial people in this world, the really rich, the really successful, have a justifiable sense of pride in their work, and majesty is what they need to celebrate them. But I would do it for Lenin, too. That's what annoys peoplt about me.
Philip Johnson has been described as the most powerful architect since Bernini. But as well as winning regular commissions from the wealthiest sectors of the American establishment he also has a reputation as a witty iconoclast who has enlivened architectural debate, with his buildings and his writings for over 50 years.
In a conversation recorded in New York he talks to
Stephen Games about his life, his ideas and his buildings. Producer
THOMAS SUTCLIFFE.