JOHNSON, Donald Leslie COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia
JOHNSON, Donald Leslie COLLECTION Architecture Museum, University of South Australia JOHNSON, Donald Leslie SERIES 107, 109, 133, 140, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 199, 205, 206, 211, 212, 222, 223, 264, 369, 370, 384, 385, 391, 392, 393, 396, 397, 403, 404, 429, 437, 438 Donald Leslie Johnson (2/1/1930/–), architect, academic and architectural historian, was born in Bremerton, Washington State in the United States and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Washington in 1957. He then undertook a master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania, studying under Louis I. Kahn, graduating in 1961. In 1957 Johnson joined Johnson-Austin Architects, Tacoma, Washington as a draftsman, moving to C.V. Rueger and Associates, Architects in 1958. From 1958 to 1960 he worked at the architectural firm of Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson in Philadelphia before returning to Washington to work at Grant, Copeland and Chervenak, Architects in Seattle from 1960 to 1961. From 1962 to 1965 he was employed by a number of firms in Tucson, Arizona and then joined Cain, Nelson and Wares, Architects, Tucson as a design associate. In 1957 and 1961 he worked as a designer/draftsman at Bassetti and Morse, Architects, Seattle, Washington. During these years he also taught design, architectural design, theory and architectural history at the University of Arizona, the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and Washington State University. In 1972 he accepted a position at Flinders University where he taught architectural history until he retired in 1988. Johnson has published widely in books, book chapters, articles in academic and professional journals, conference papers, encyclopaedia entries and reviews.
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