AT&T Building

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landmark office building postmodern building skyscraper

The AT&T Building is a landmark postmodern skyscraper in New York City, renowned for its Chippendale-style broken pediment top and its influential role in 1980s architectural design.

Aliases (1)

AT&T Building (550 Madison Avenue) ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark → office building → postmodern building → skyscraper →
architect	John Burgee NERFINISHED → Philip Johnson NERFINISHED →
architecturalFeature	Chippendale-style broken pediment top →
architecturalStyle	postmodern architecture →
borough	Manhattan →
cityLandmarkStatus	New York City Landmark →
completionDate	1984 →
considered	icon of postmodern architecture →
country	United States →
criticizedFor	departure from modernist glass-and-steel aesthetic →
currentName	550 Madison Avenue →
developer	AT&T →
floorCount	37 →
formerName	AT&T Building → Sony Tower →
hasAtrium	yes →
hasPublicSpace	privately owned public space →
hasRenovation	yes →
height	197 meters → 647 feet →
influencedBy	historicist architecture →
landmarkDesignationBy	New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission →
landmarkDesignationYear	2018 →
locatedIn	Manhattan → New York City → United States →
locatedOn	Madison Avenue →
material	granite cladding →
neighborhood	Midtown Manhattan →
notableFor	Chippendale-style broken pediment top → influential role in 1980s architectural design → postmodern design →
openingDate	1984 →
originalOwner	AT&T →
partOf	Midtown Manhattan skyline →
primaryFunction	corporate offices →
renovationStart	2010s →
roofShape	broken pediment →
startDate	1978 →
streetAddress	550 Madison Avenue →
use	commercial offices →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
AT&T Building → Sony Tower →	formerName
Postmodern architecture →	hasKeyBuilding
AIA Twenty-five Year Award ("AT&T Building (550 Madison Avenue)") →	hasRecipient
Philip Johnson →	notableWork