Gordon Bunschaft architect, SOM buildings, American high-rise designs, New York City office
Gordon Bunschaft Architect: Buildings
Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architecture Practice, New York, USA
post updated December 15, 2024
Gordon Bunschaft Architect – Buildings
Major Projects designed by Gordon Bunschaft / SOM, chronological
Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue, New York City, USA
Dates built: 1950-52
JP Morgan Chase, New York City, NY, USA
Date built: 1960
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York City, USA
Date built: 1960
9 West 57th Street – Office Tower, New York City, USA
Date built: 1974
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Projects by Gordon Bunschaft
Projects designed by Gordon Bunschaft of Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects (SOM Architects) in more detail:
Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue, New York City, USA
Dates built: 1950-52
A beautiful piece of New York architecture facing Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and trying to give it a run for its money. Having had a good look at both I think Mies just wins but nevertheless this Skidmore Owings Merrill skyscraper was a classic in its day, podium and tower: Lever Building
9 West 57th Street Office Tower Building, New York City, USA
Date built: 1974
photo © Andrew McRae
aka Solow Building – 49 storeys, 672 ft high – concave vertical slope for lighting
9 West 57th Street
Similar to W. R. Grace Building because the initial, rejected façade design for the 9 West 57th Street Building was used in the design for the W. R. Grace Building
W.R. Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave, southeast corner of W.43rd St, Manhattan, USA
Date built: 1974
Bowing façade due to light regulations, rather than more normal rectilinear stepbacks
Similar bowed facade as 9 West 57th Street (Solow Building) : rejected façade design for the Solow Building used in his design for the W R Grace Building
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, NYC (Chase Manhattan Bank), Manhattan, USA
Date built: 1960
More architecture information re this 20th Century US architect online soon
Location: New York City / Chicago, USA
SOM Practice Information
Architect formerly based in NYC, USA, who worked for SOM
SOM partner : Bruce Graham
SOM partner : Walter Netsch
Gordon Bunschaft (+ Oscar Niemeyer) : Pritzker Prize architects Winners 1988
US Architectural Designs
World Skyscrapers – key tall buildings across the globe
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