| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: New York, New York, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1951-1952 (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | en_US |
| dc.creator | Bunshaft, Gordon | en_US |
| dc.date | 1951-1952 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-10T15:12:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-10T15:12:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1951-1952 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 215575 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 242 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/122950 | |
| dc.description | View of the west entry off court; Lever House was built in 1951-1952 to be the American headquarters of the British soap company Lever Brothers. The building featured a glimmering 24-story blue-green heat-resistant glass and stainless steel curtain-wall. The curtain-wall was designed to reduce the cost of operating and maintaining the property. Its curtain-wall is completely sealed with no operating windows. It is the quintessential and seminal glass box International Style skyscraper, and holds the distinction of being the first curtain-wall in New York City. The building features an innovative courtyard and public space. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 12/2/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | steel: stainless steel; glass: blue-green glass | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | business, commerce and trade | en_US |
| dc.subject | International Style (modern European architecture style) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Lever House | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-SOM-LH-C1 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
| vra.worktype | office building | en_US |
| vra.worktype | garden | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Gordon Bunshaft (American architect, 1909-1990); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, founded 1939) | en_US |
