Lever House, New York, Architect, Manhattan 20th Century Building, Location, SOM, NYC Offices, Date
Lever House New York : Architecture
Famous 20th Century Midtown Building, NY, USA – design by SOM Architects
Jul 4, 2016
Lever House, New York City
Lever House Building on Fifth Avenue
Building images from 24 Jun – 2 Jul 2016 © Adrian Welch:
Lever Building
(Lever House)
Address: 390 Park Avenue, New York
Date built: 1950-52
Design: Skidmore Owings & Merrill – SOM Architects
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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 wins but nevertheless this was a classic in its day, podium and tower.
Lever House has some public access within the working day
Floating first floor – with gardens – over columned street space, recessed third
floor with tower extruded above that.
This 20th Century Midtown tower was refurbished by Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architects (SOM).
Lever Brothers – Contact: +1 212 688 6000
Key American buildings by Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architects:
Lever House, New York 1952
Inland Steel Building, Chicago, Illinois 1958
JP Morgan Chase Building, New York 1960
Chase Manhattan Bank 1960
Beinecke Library, New Haven, Connecticut 1963
John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois 1970
Time Warner Center, New York 2004
Freedom Tower, New York 2004-
Lever House architects – Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Location: 390 Park Avenue, New York City, USA
New York City Architecture
Contemporary New York Buildings – selection of contemporary architectural designs:
Manhattan Architecture Designs – chronological list
New York City Architecture Tours by e-architect
Key New York Buildings close to the Lever Building
Seagram Building
375 Park Avenue, New York
Design: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson
Seagram Building
Whitney Museum
945 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side
Design: Marcel Breuer, Architect
Whitney Museum New York
New York State Architecture Designs
Some UK architects have also worked on this 20th Century Manhattan office tower: David Chipperfield Architects
Key Manhattan Buildings by SOM
277 Fifth Avenue Tower, NoMad, central Manhattan
Design: Rafael Viñoly Architects
rendering : Three Marks
277 Fifth Avenue Tower
Buildings by Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects
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