United Nations Headquarters
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 | United Nations Headquarters |
| Designer | Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Sir Howard Robertson, et al. with Harrison and Abramovitz |
| Location | New York, New York, USA |
| Date | 1947 to 1953 |
| Building Type | international government office center, skyscraper, assembly hall |
| Construction System | reinforced concrete, glass curtain wall, aluminum exterior |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Designed by a distinguished committee |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/United_Nations_Headquarter.html |
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Discussion
"Providing office accommodation for 3,400 employees, the Secretariat is a 39 story building with an aluminum grille to conceal equipment on the roof. The narrow end walls are of white marble; the other two elevations are surfaced with green-tinted glass. Floors devoted to mechanical equipment divide these glass facades into three parts...."
— from Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Arthur Drexler, ed. Built in the USA: Post-war Architecture. p68.
"Sited by the East River, the scheme is dominated by the towering slab block of the Secretariat Building, which, with its narrow end walls rising like sheer white cliffs and it longer sides clad in glass curtain walling, has had considerable influense on subsequent high buildings throughout the world."
— Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. p1279.
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References
Henry Stern Churchill. "United Nations Headquarters", Architectural Record. July 1952. Vol 112 Number 1. p104. drawing of entrance level plan, p110. drawing of delegates level plan, p110. drawing of site plan, p106. drawing of section, p111.
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. photo p1278. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. — The classic text of architectural history. Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Arthur Drexler, ed. Built in the USA: Post-war Architecture. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1945. LC 68-57299. NA712.N45 1968. discussion p68.
Lawrence A. Martin, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, September 1993. PCD.3235.1012.0545.032, Secretariat Building from visitor's entry. PCD.3235.1012.0545.036, General Assembly Hall.
John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, 1975. overview photo, p257. Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com
Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
External Links
- United Nations Online Tour – Some photos online at the official web site of the United Nations.
