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| the seagram building (in collaboration with philip johnson who did the interior design and custom-made details of the structure. 1954 - 1958) see mies van der rohe
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| the seagram building was planned for the seagram's distillery company. this 160 m tall building was a further development of mies's project from the 1951 lake shore drive apartments in chicago and was immediately hailed with critical acclaim. the building is placed to the "rear" portion of the end-of-block site, off the park avenue. amid the bustle of midtown manhattan, mies separated his architecture from the city, the tower from the avenue by a pink travertine-clad open plaza with twin fountain pools flanked by trees. for the building’s exteriors, mies used unusually luxurious materials: dark bronze-tinted glass panels held in place, by bronze I-profiled beams attached to the mullions to emphasize the vertical rise of the facade. this urban sophistication and material refinement established the seagram building as a masterpiece of skyscraper design. --- ---  ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------  |
 seagram building, new york (1954-1958), 1958 ludwig mies van der rohe © ezra stoller, 1958 courtesy canadian center for architecture, montreal  view of the plaza from the lobby of the seagram building, new york (1954-1958), 1958 ludwig mies van der rohe © ezra stoller, 1958 courtesy canadian center for architecture, montreal |
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