John Moutoussamy

John Warren Moutoussamy (January 5, 1922 – May 6, 1995) was an American architect, best known for designing the headquarters building of the Johnson Publishing Company in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

[1] Moutoussamy earned a degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1948, where he studied under Mies van der Rohe.

[2][4] According to Architectural Digest, "Inside the stone-clad structure, colorful walls and psychedelic carpets exuded energy, celebrating black culture and commerce.

In 2019, the process of converting the building into apartments began, while retaining the signage for the magazines Ebony and Jet that were based there.

[7][8] Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe is a photographer, and was married to the tennis player Arthur Ashe from 1977 until his death in 1993.