"芝加哥建筑师拉尔夫•约翰逊（Ralph Johnson）的作品探索了使用受限制的现代主义来丰富和阐明复杂的带有展示其功能和层次关系的组件的程序化建筑。约翰逊先生的目标是通过建筑的社会艺术形成由建筑物构成的城市环境，这些建筑既是良好的市民邻居，又是杰出的公民。

本书中的已建项目和未建项目都代表了他对人文价值的关注，并强调过程而不是未充分考虑的产品，从而使作品能够应对各种各样的文化和城市条件。Johnson先生是Perkins + Will建筑设计事务所的负责人兼设计总监。

本书包括Rodolphe el-Khoury，Daniel Friedman和Thomas Fisher撰写的短文。

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"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. Mr. Johnson's goal is to form, through the social art of architecture, 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 on process rather than preconceived product, allowing the work to respond to diverse cultures and urban conditions. Mr. Johnson is a Principal and the Design Director at Perkins+Will.

The book includes essays by Rodolphe el- Khoury, Daniel Friedman and Thomas Fisher.

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