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United Nations Building New York, Architect, Le Corbusier, Location, Date, Offices
UN Building New York, USA : Architecture Information
20th Century Manhattan Architecture, United States of America
United Nations Headquarters(UNO Buildings)1st Avenue, New York 1947-53 Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Sir Howard Robertson with Harrison & Abramovitz Architects This is the only Le Corbusier building in New York; it starred in the Fountainhead film. The main building is a massive slab block - Secretariat, 39-floor office tower - that rises up by the East River, located near the UN Plaza. Key Le Corbusier Buildings Unité d'Habitation, Marseille, France 1952 Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France 1955 La Tourette Monastery, Lyon, France 1957 Unité d'Habitation, Berlin, Germany 1959 Carpenter Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1963 Le Corbusier in America The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University is the only significant building by Le Corbusier in the USA other than the United Nations Building in New York. Built in 1961-63(64) it is a simple medium-rise building dominated by a cranked ramp. It appears in many architecture textbooks and courses. Le Corbusier Oscar Niemeyer |
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United Nations Headquarters architect - Le Corbusier
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