burgee

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The litigation brought about delays, so change turned out to be gradual, which was good because some early renewal plans like the one by Johnson/Burgee were rejected.

From New York Times

In the mid-80s, Philip Johnson and his partner John Burgee proposed turning Times Square into a kind of antiseptic office park with four Postmodern office towers and a giant sculpture of an apple by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.

From New York Times

Four years later, two other buildings, both designed by Johnson and John Burgee, had an even more striking impact: One Post Oak Central, near the Galleria mall, was a curvilinear skyscraper reminiscent of New York’s Flatiron Building; and Pennzoil Place, which consisted of two adjacent trapezoidal towers on the same city block, shooting up from the ground like dark glass stalagmites.

From Washington Post

“Gerry Hines has changed the whole development outlook with his approach to quality architecture,” Burgee told the Chronicle in 1990.

From Washington Post

Johnson and Burgee were instrumental in designing the first property developed by Mr. Hines in New York, the “Lipstick Building” on Third Avenue between East 53rd and 54th streets.

From Washington Post