CHRONOLOGY OF LECTURES, ARTICLES, PUBLISHED BOOKS AND OTHER MEDIA


1949 Teaches architecture at Pratt Institute,  NYC.

1954 Visiting critic at School of Architecture, Harvard University.

1955 Article: "Space-Time Palladian" (Architectural Record). Manual: Sprayed Concrete Construction.

1956 Presents sprayed concrete construction on TV.

1957 TV appearance; "Concepts of Future”: Warner House (Bridge House), New Canaan, Connecticut.

1957 Lecture: "Poetics of Architecture"  (unpublished).

1959 Article: "Sculpting with Sprayed Concrete" (Architectural Forum).

1959 Addressed Philadelphia Chapter of AlA, introduced by Louis Kahn.

1960 Speaker at National AlA Convention, San Francisco, California, published in AlA Journal.

1962 Work included in "International Exhibition of Architecture," Berlin, Germany.

1963 Speaker at National AlA Convention in Florida, published in AlA Journal.

1964 Design of Clowes Hall included in Fortune Magazine article, "Buildings that Point to the Future".

1964 Article on Dublin Embassy in Architectural Forum.

1964 Article: "The Avant·Garde in Architecture Today” (Arts in Society).

1965 Lecture: "Architecture, the Environmental Art," Clark University (unpublished).

1966 Article: Man and Architecture for the Electronic Age (American Scholar).

1966 Article: John M. Johansen Declares Himself (Architectural Forum).

1966 Interview: Architect on Architecture by Paul Heyer, revised 1990.

1967 Article: "New Town" (Architectural Forum).

1967 Review of Action and Plan by Peter Cook (Architectural Forum).

1967 Article: "The Mummers Theater: A Fragment, Not a Building" (Architectural Forum).

1967 Mummers Theater mentioned in "Antiarchitecture" by Robin Boyd (Architectural Forum).

1967 Mechanic Theater featured in "New Shapes & New Spirit" (Time Magazine).

1969 Article by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy on Goddard Library (Architectural Forum).

1971 Article by Robert Hughes, "Toward a New Slang" (Time; May 31).

1971 Introduction to book: Islamic Architecture.

1972 TV appearance: "Portrait of an Architect".

1972 Article: 'Esthetic of the City" (unpublished).

1974 Lectures in Rome, Bari, Milan, Turin and Genoa, sponsored by Association of Italian Culture.

1974 Lecture: "Technology and Humanism" at Louisiana University (on videocassette).

1979 Work included in "Transformations in Modern Architecture," Museum of Modem Art.

1979 Article on Roosevelt Island by Steven R. Krog (AlA Journal).

1980 Article: By Their Own Design, ed. Abby Suckle (Whitney Library of Design).

1981 Interview: Southern California Institute of Architecture (taped).

1983 Monograph: L'Architettura Frantumata (University of Architecture, Rome, Italy).

1983 Taped interview: "Ad Hoc Architecture" by Pidgeon Audio-Visual, London

1983 Speaker at Harvard Graduate School of Architecture reunion: “Changes Since Graduation 1942”.

1984 Article: "Architecture: Three Imperatives" (AlA Architecture).

1986 Conference participation: Turin, Italy.

1986 Article: "Observations and Deductions" (unpublished).

1986 Discussant at National AlA Convention in San Francisco.

1987 "Johansen-Retrospective-Prospective," exhibition of work dating from 1953 to 1987, at National Institute of Architectural Education, New York, accompanied by videocassette of symposium.

1987 Lecture: “ElectroTech", Southern California Institute of Architecture (on video).

1988 Book of Clouds by John M Johansen (unpublished).

1988 Lecture: Master's Seminar, Columbia University, New York City.

1989 Article: "The New Modernity" (A+U Japan and Italy).

1989 Speaker at Sao Paulo Biennale '89, Brazil, on 'Cities of the Future".

1989 Book #1: 50 Limericks 50 by John M Johansen (unpublished).

1989 Speaker at Harvard 50th Reunion "Art and Architecture, 1939-1989."

1989 Interview (J'Arca).

1989 Article by Bruno Zevi, “John I'eretico" (L'Espresso; Dec. 24).

1990 Lectures at University of Copenhagen and Institute of Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark

1990 Lectures at the Architectural Association, London.

1990 Presents paper on "Electromagnetic Levitation" to the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture.

1990 Book #2: More Limericks by John M Johansen.

1990 Article, "A Mummers' Tale: A True-Life Story," by Barbara Koerble (Architecture Design Review).

1991 Publication of Maglev Theater in L'Architettura, Italy

1991 Lecture: Master's Seminar, Columbia University, New York City.

1991 Lectures: University of Oklahoma and Berkeley, California.

1991 Book #3: Still More Limericks by John M Johansen.

1992 Publication of Project #1 Froth of Bubbles, Project #2 Suspended Web, Project #3 MagLev Theater in l'Arca, L'Architettura, L'Espresso (Italy)

1992 Publication of Project #1 Froth of Bubbles, Project #2 Suspended Web, Project #3 MagLev Theater in A+U (Japan).

1993 Lecture tour: University of California, Los Angeles, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Pomona Tech.

1993 Conducts course in "Eco-Tech" at Pratt Institute.

1995 Book #4: John M. Johansen: A Life in The Continuum of Modern Architecture pub. l'Arca Edizioni. 

2002 Book #5: NanoArchitecture: A New Species of Architecture published by Princeton Architectural Press.

2003 Exhibition of nanoarchitecture designs from Johnansen’s book, “NanoArchitecture: 

A New Species of Architecture” at the Stroom Museum in the Hague, Netherlands

2003 - present: Interviews, Lectures, Video Tapings, Articles in Architectural Blogs.

2006 “Beyond the Box” Panel Discussion at Harvard University Graduate School of Design

2008 Nanoarchitecture Lecture: Oklahoma University architect students at the Mummers [Stage Center] Theater.

2012 Book #6 Being of the Cosmos published, available through Amazon.

2012 Participation in Discussions at Clark University’s launch of the exhibition, “The Life of a Campus: Clark Buildings Then & Now, 1887-2012”, featuring the Goddard Library. 

2012 Book #7 Limericks: Written and Illustrated by John M Johansen, Amazon.

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March 2012 John M Johansen, architect of Clark University’s Goddard Library, with

Steven Foote, architect of the Library’s new Academic Commons, while participating in the

launching of the exhibition, “The Life of a Campus: Clark Buildings Then & Now, 1887-2012”  

Click on photo to read the entire article, published in Clark University’s online newspaper.

2003 Exhibition of nanoarchitecture designs from Johnansen’s book, “NanoArchitecture:  

A New Species of Architecture” at the Stroom Museum in the Hague, Netherlands

1956 Design and construction of sprayed concrete pavilion in Zagreb, Yugoslavia International World's Fair, representing the U.S. Dept. of Commerce

2008 John M Johansen with Hans Butzer, Professor of Architecture at OKU during lecture to in the Mummers (Stage Center) Theater, Oklahoma City, OK

2008 Johansen explaining nanoarchitecture to Oklahoma University architecture students in the Mummers (Stage Center) Theater, Oklahoma City, OK

2006 John M Johansen explaining nanoarchitecture to a standing-room-only crowd during the

“ Beyond the Harvard Box”  Symposium at his alma mater,Harvard University’s

Graduate School of Design Department of Architecture