CBS Building

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The CBS Building is a modernist skyscraper in New York City, renowned for its minimalist granite façade and status as the iconic headquarters of the Columbia Broadcasting System.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Modernist architecture
headquarters building
landmark in New York City
office building
skyscraper
alsoKnownAs Black Rock
CBS Headquarters
architect Eero Saarinen NERFINISHED
John Dinkeloo NERFINISHED
Kevin Roche
architecturalStyle Modernism
borough Manhattan
city New York City
constructionStartDate 1961
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
designInfluencedBy International Style
developer Columbia Broadcasting System
facadeMaterial granite
floorCount 38
function corporate headquarters
office space
hasCategory Headquarters in the United States
Modernist architecture in New York City
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
height approximately 490 feet
locatedIn Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
New York City
locatedOn Sixth Avenue NERFINISHED
materialUsed dark granite
namedAfter Columbia Broadcasting System
near Museum of Modern Art
Rockefeller Center
notableFeature minimalist granite façade
monolithic appearance
slit windows
occupant CBS Corporation
Columbia Broadcasting System
Paramount Global
openingDate 1965
owner Columbia Broadcasting System
partOf Avenue of the Americas
surface form: "Avenue of the Americas corridor"
significance iconic headquarters of CBS
notable example of corporate Modernist skyscraper design
state New York
streetAddress 51 West 52nd Street
structuralEngineer Fred Severud
yearCompleted 1964

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Eero Saarinen notableWork CBS Building

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