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Gordon Bunshaft
Gordon Bunshaft studied architecture at MIT and travelled in Europe before working with Edward Durell Stone and joining Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Background & practice
Gordon Bunshaft studied architecture at MIT and travelled in Europe before working with Edward Durell Stone and joining Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. His 1952 Lever House became an important example of the International Style in corporate architecture. The official biography also discusses the Johnson Library, connecting the physical expression of large institutional buildings with their symbolic role. His career offers a reference for studying modern offices and civic monuments through form and structure.
How to read the work
Give modern office and institutional buildings a clear physical presence, considering the architectural relationship between structure, surface and symbolism within the demands of large-scale commissions.
Architect associated with SOM in the official biography; historic employment is not rendered as a current appointment.
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