Ralph Johnson of Perkins + Will: Recent Works - Tapa dura

The work of Chicago architect Ralph Johnson explores the use of restrained Modernism to enrich and clarify complex programmatic buildings with intriguing assemblies that reveal their functions and hierarchical relationships. His goal is an urban environment of buildings that are good civic neighbours as well as distinguished citizens. The projects in this book, both built and unbuilt, represent his concern for humanistic values and emphasis an allowance for the work to respond to cultural and urban conditions. Ralph Johnson is a Principal and the Design Director at Perkins+Will. The book - a critical assessment that finds much to celebrate - includes essays by Rodolphe el-Khoury, Daniel Friedman and Thomas Fisher.