Lever House
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Lever House is a pioneering International Style glass-and-steel office skyscraper on New York City’s Park Avenue, celebrated as one of the first curtain-wall towers in the United States.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 390 Park Avenue | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Style building
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curtain wall building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Gordon Bunshaft
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Natalie de Blois ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | International Style ⓘ |
| architectureFirm | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| buildingType | office ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer |
Unilever
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surface form:
Lever Brothers Company
|
| feature |
continuous glass curtain wall
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elevated plaza and courtyard ⓘ pilotis-supported tower ⓘ slab tower set on a low horizontal podium ⓘ |
| function | corporate headquarters ⓘ |
| height |
307 feet
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94 meters ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | New York City Landmark ⓘ |
| influenced |
Seagram Building
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postwar glass curtain-wall office towers in the United States ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationBy | New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ |
| landmarkDesignationDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| location |
Manhattan
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New York City ⓘ Park Avenue ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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green-tinted glass ⓘ stainless steel ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| nationalRegisterStatus | contributing property to a historic district ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first curtain-wall skyscrapers in the United States
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pioneering International Style corporate architecture on Park Avenue ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 21 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| originalOccupant |
Unilever
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surface form:
Lever Brothers Company
Unilever ⓘ |
| owner |
RFR Realty
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Unilever ⓘ |
| renovation | major restoration in the early 2000s ⓘ |
| startDate | 1950 ⓘ |
| streetAddress |
Lever House
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
390 Park Avenue
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| use |
ground-floor public space
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office space ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
390 Park Avenue