Gordon Bunschaft Architect, SOM Buildings, American High-Rise Designs, New York City Office

Gordon Bunschaft Architect: Buildings

Skidmore Owings & Merrill Architecture Practice, New York, USA

post updated Apr 13, 2021

Gordon Bunschaft Architect – Buildings

Major Projects designed by Gordon Bunschaft / SOM, chronological

Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue, New York City, USA
Dates built: 1950-52
JP Morgan Chase, New York City, NY, USA
Date built: 1960
One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York City, USA
Date built: 1960
9 West 57th Street – Office Tower, New York City, USA
Date built: 1974

Projects by Gordon Bunschaft

Projects designed by Gordon Bunschaft of Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects (SOM Architects) in more detail

Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue, New York City, USA
Dates built: 1950-52
A beautiful piece of New York architecture facing Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and trying to give it a run for its money. Having had a good look at both I think Mies just wins but nevertheless this Skidmore Owings Merrill skyscraper was a classic in its day, podium and tower: Lever Building

9 West 57th Street – Office Tower, New York City, USA
Date built: 1974

photo © Andrew McRae
aka Solow Building – 49 storeys, 672 ft high – concave vertical slope for lighting
9 West 57th Street
Similar to W. R. Grace Building because the initial, rejected façade design for the 9 West 57th Street Building was used in the design for the W. R. Grace Building

W.R. Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave, southeast corner of W.43rd St, Manhattan, USA
Date built: 1974
Bowing façade due to light regulations, rather than more normal rectilinear stepbacks
Similar bowed facade as 9 West 57th Street (Solow Building) : rejected façade design for the Solow Building used in his design for the W R Grace Building

One Chase Manhattan Plaza (Chase Manhattan Bank), Manhattan, USA
Date built: 1960

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Location: New York City / Chicago, USA