Ford Foundation Building
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 | Ford Foundation Building |
| Designer | Roche-Dinkeloo |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Date | 1963 to 1968 |
| Building Type | corporate headquarters |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban street corner |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | 320 East 43rd Street |
| Notes | Twelve story glazed open space, spectacular indoor greenery in New York City. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Ford_Foundation_Building.html |
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Commentary
"The Ford Foundation building is a radical departure from the usual kind of New York office tower. Roche, who was the principal designer of this building, aimed at producing an environment for the prestigious Ford Foundation in which the individual worker or visitor could identify 'with the aims and intentions of the group.' The result is, as far as I know, unique in modern building: within the confines of a twelve-storey block, a vertical conservatory shaft rises to full height and windows open on to this planted space from all floors. The two uppermost floors contain the executive offices and dining areas which, instead of being planned on an L shape, close the square of the building."
— Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. p286.
"This building creates an appropriate environment for its occupants, a space that allows members of the Foundation staff to be aware of each other—to share their common aims and purposes, and that assists them in fostering a sense of working family.
"The building is as low as possible and observes the lines and planes created by other buildings on the surrounding streets. The structure is a composite one, using concrete for bearing members and steel for spanning. The scale is large on 42nd Street where it terminates the thrust of that street, and is modest on 43rd Street where the street is more residential in character."
— from Yukio Futagawa, ed. Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo, and Associates, 1962-1975. p57.
Details
American Institute of Architects 25 Year Award, 1995
Address
320 East 43rd Street
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Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN 0-442-21668-8. LC 84-3543. NA2750.C55 1984. plan to section diagram, p156.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Francesco Dal Co. Kevin Roche. New York. Rizzoli International Publications, 1985. photo of interior, p109. Left side of page.
Muriel Emanuel, ed. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. photo, p678.
Yukio Futagawa, ed. Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates: the Ford Foundation Building, New York. 1967 The Oakland Museum, California. 1969. Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, 1971. xNA737.K46F87 1973. section, p42. discussion p57.
Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser. Architecture in the Twentieth Century. Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1991. ISBN 3-8228-0550-5. dramatic color interior photo, p292. typical plan, p293.
Lawrence A. Martin, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, September 1993. PCD.3235.1012.0545.045.
William S. Saunders. Modern Architecture—Photographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. exterior photo, p126. interior, 127. Color photograph of exterior at night, p128.— A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by the master of architectural photography. Available at Amazon.com
Dennis Sharp. Twentieth Century Architecture: a Visual History. New York: Facts on File, 1990. ISBN 0-8160-2438-3. NA680.S517. exterior photo, section drawing, p286. — Available at Amazon.com
Photos courtesy of Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Associates. PCD.2285.1013.1265.75. PCD.2285.1013.1265.74. PCD.2285.1013.1265.73. PCD.2285.1013.1265.72.
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