Gordon Bunshaft

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American architect architect human modernist architect

Gordon Bunshaft was a prominent American modernist architect and longtime Skidmore, Owings & Merrill partner known for influential corporate and institutional buildings worldwide.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American architect ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ modernist architect ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: American Institute of Architects Gold Medal Pritzker Architecture Prize ⓘ Royal Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
employer	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ
familyName	Gordon Bunshaft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bunshaft
fieldOfWork	corporate architecture ⓘ institutional architecture ⓘ
fullName	Gordon Bunshaft self-link ⓘ
genre	International Style ⓘ surface form: International Style architecture
givenName	Gordon ⓘ
influenced	late-20th-century corporate architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	Le Corbusier ⓘ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ
movement	Modernism ⓘ
notableFor	collaboration with major corporate clients worldwide ⓘ corporate headquarters design ⓘ glass curtain-wall skyscrapers ⓘ monumental modernist institutional buildings ⓘ
notableWork	Beinecke Library marble-and-glass facade design ⓘ Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library ⓘ surface form: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Emigrant Savings Bank Building ⓘ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ Hirshhorn Plaza ⓘ surface form: Hirshhorn Museum plaza and sculpture garden design Johnson Wax Headquarters ⓘ surface form: Johnson Wax Research Tower Annex (S.C. Johnson Administration Building additions) Lever House ⓘ Manufacturers Trust Company Building ⓘ Marine Midland Grace Building (as SOM partner) ⓘ National Commercial Bank, Jeddah ⓘ surface form: National Commercial Bank Headquarters, Jeddah National Commercial Bank, Jeddah ⓘ One Chase Manhattan Plaza ⓘ Pepsi-Cola World Headquarters (as SOM partner) ⓘ Solow Building ⓘ U.S. Consulate in Karachi (as SOM partner) ⓘ U.S. Embassy in Ankara (as SOM partner) ⓘ Union Carbide Building (as SOM partner) ⓘ
occupation	architect ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Buffalo ⓘ surface form: Buffalo, New York, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld	partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ
workedFor	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Hajj Terminal, King Abdulaziz International Airport → architect → Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden → architect → Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ

Lever House → architect → Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ

Socony–Mobil Building → architect → Gordon Bunshaft ⓘ

Gordon Bunshaft → familyName → Gordon Bunshaft self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft → fullName → Gordon Bunshaft self-link ⓘ