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Lever House
designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and located at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, is the quintessential and seminal glass box International Style skyscraper. Built in 1951-1952, it features an innovative courtyard and public space. Most of the headquarters of the corporations on and around Park Avenue adopted this style of building, but none quite matched its sleekness and innovative design. Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building across Park Avenue is arguably equal in quality, but many of the neighboring skyscrapers, mostly by Emery Roth and Sons, are not particularly distinctive. Lever House was built to be the headquarters of soap company Lever Brothers, which still maintains a presence in the building. As of June 2005, the public courtyard is displaying the controversial sculpture "Virgin Mother" by Damien Hirst as well as several sculptures by Keith Haring. The first floor lobby also displays art to the public on a rotating basis. |
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