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Gordon Bunshaft FAIA (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the firm in 1937 and remained with it for more than 40 years.
Aug 1, 2017 · One of the architects he invited to participate was Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), who refused. His reasoning, as he explained to Yale’s provost, convinced the...
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May 9, 2020 · As lead designer of the Lever House and many of America’s most historically prominent buildings, Pritzker Prize -winning architect Gordon Bunshaft (9 May 1909 – 6 August 1990) is credited with...
Gordon Bunshaft was a partner in the New York office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and was an adherent of European modernism as well as one of the leaders of a generation of architects who made buildings of glass, metal, reinforced concrete, and travertine familiar in North America.
Gordon Bunshaft for Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Lever House by Dr. Matthew A. Postal and Dr. Steven Zucker Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:
Gordon Bunshaft, who thrived as a design leader at SOM for more than 40 years, received the profession's highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 1988.
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Sep 7, 2018 · While we would like to think that Louis Skidmore, Nathaniel Owings, and John O. Merrill were the key elements to many of these works, a certain face comes forward as a remarkable history maker from within SOM and that would be Gordon Bunshaft.
