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dc.coverage.spatialSite: New York, New York, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1963-1968 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorRoche, Kevinen_US
dc.date1963-1968en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-08T16:00:55Z
dc.date.available2013-05-08T16:00:55Z
dc.date.issued1963-1968en_US
dc.identifier214923en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 212en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/122282
dc.descriptionVertical view of the façade to the left of the atrium; 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. p. 286 Source: Sharp, Dennis; Twentieth century architecture : a visual history, London: Lund Humphries, 1991 (0853315981) (accessed 10/9/2007)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; steel; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectModernisten_US
dc.titleFord Foundation Buildingen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-RK-FF-A4en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeoffice buildingen_US
vra.worktypeskyscraperen_US
dc.contributor.displayKevin Roche (American architect, born 1922)en_US


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