Gordon Bunshaft
- Introduction
- Gordon Bunshaft, (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990), was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined in 1937 and remained for more than 40 years. The long list of his notable buildings includes Lever House in New York, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 140 Broadway (Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.) and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank in New York; the last was the first post-war "transparent" bank on the East Coast.
- Wikidata
- Q333581
- Introduction
- American architect, SOM partner.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Architect
- Name
- Gordon Bunshaft
- Ulan
- 500031232
Exhibitions
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9 + 1 Ways of Being Political: 50 Years of Political Stances in Architecture and Urban Design
Sep 12, 2012–Jun 9, 2013
MoMA
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194X–9/11: American Architects and the City
Jul 1, 2011–Jan 2, 2012
MoMA
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Dreamland: Architectural Experiments since the 1970s
Jul 23, 2008–Mar 16, 2009
MoMA
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Three New Skyscrapers
Jan 27–Mar 29, 1983
MoMA
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Architecture of Museums
Sep 25–Nov 11, 1968
MoMA
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Gordon Bunshaft has
7 exhibitionsonline.
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft Lever House, New York, New York 1950–1952
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plans, preliminary study) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Three plans, preliminary study) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plans, preliminary study) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans, preliminary study) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans, preliminary study) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Thirteen plans, preliminary study) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Principal elevation) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation) 1978
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation of service block) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Section) 1977
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Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Gordon Bunshaft National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Scale model) 1977–1983
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