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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.
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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.
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.
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.
After a brief stint with Stone, he joined Louis Skidmore of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he worked until 1942. One of his earliest assignments was to work on designs for some of the buildings for the New York World Fair of 1939.
Oct 1, 2019 · Gordon Bunshaft was a gifted designer and far surpassed everyone at Skidmore & Owings. For forty-two years he reigned as design leader and eventually won the Pritzker Prize. Like Skidmore, he was an MIT alum, having received his B.Arch in 1933 and his M.Arch in 1935.
Jul 31, 2013 · Gordon Bunshaft was the Skidmore partner whose name is most closely associated with the Union Carbide Corporation Headquarters of 1960, 270 Park Avenue, now the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase ...
