Seagram Building
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The Seagram Building is a landmark modernist skyscraper in New York City, renowned for its minimalist bronze-and-glass design and profound influence on corporate architecture.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
International Style building
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landmark ⓘ modernist building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
International Style
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crossStreet |
East 52nd Street
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East 53rd Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designatedNYCLandmark | 1989 ⓘ |
| developer |
Seagram Company Ltd.
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons
Samuel Bronfman ⓘ |
| floorCount | 38 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
I-beam mullions
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bronze-tinted glass ⓘ curtain wall façade ⓘ setback plaza ⓘ uniform window mullions ⓘ |
| height |
157 m
ⓘ
515 ft ⓘ |
| influenced |
Lever House renovations and later glass towers
ⓘ
One Chase Manhattan Plaza ⓘ Toronto-Dominion Centre ⓘ postwar corporate skyscraper design ⓘ |
| location |
375 Park Avenue
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| material |
bronze
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glass ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expression of structural grid on façade
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influential corporate plaza ⓘ minimalist bronze-and-glass design ⓘ |
| NRHPStatus | contributing property to the New York City Skyline NRHP listing ⓘ |
| NYCLandmarksDesignationType | individual landmark ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| owner |
RFR Realty
ⓘ
surface form:
RFR Holding LLC
|
| startDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| street | Park Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer |
Kahn and Jacobs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kahn & Jacobs
|
| tenant | Four Seasons Restaurant (former) ⓘ |
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