United Nations Headquarters
Harrison, Wallace Kirkman
Download1A2-US-NY-UN-E2_cp.jpg (603.1Kb)
Date
1947-1953Description
General Assembly Building, view along the west façade, depicting curve of form; Harrison led a design team consisting of: G. A. Soilleux (Australia), G. Brunfault (Belgium), Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil), E. Cormier (Canada), Ssu-ch'eng Liang (China), Le Corbusier (France), Sven Markelius (Sweden), N. D. Bassov (U.S.S.R.), H. M. Roberts
Type of Work
legislative buildingSubject
architectural exteriors, contemporary (1960 to present), International Style (modern European architecture style), Modernist
Rights
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only