Guide to New York Architects
Manhattan Buildings Guide

New York is famous for tall architecture - skyscrapers - but also cultural buildings such as the Guggenheim and MoMA. Of all the cities in the United States of America New York has more quality architecture and many of its buildings feature in the key histories of World Architecture. Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe. Manhattan is based on a grid, with many interesting buildings by famous architects.

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New York Architects - contemporary practices


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New York Architects:
AOKI, JUN
Louis Vuitton store
Jun Aoki, Architect

BARTHOLDI, FREDERIC
Statue of Liberty

BREUER, MARCEL
Whitney Museum
Marcel Breuer

BUNSCHAFT, GORDON / SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL (SOM ARCHITECTS)
One Chase Manhattan Plaza (Chase Manhattan Bank)

BURNHAM, DANIEL
Flatiron Building

CHILDS, DAVID OF SOM ARCHITECTS with LIBESKIND, DANIEL, ARCHITECTS
Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center

CORBUSIER, LE with NIEMEYER, OSCAR + ROBERTSON, SIR HOWARD with HARRISON & ABRAMOVITZ ARCHITECTS
United Nations Headquarters (UNO Buildings)
Le Corbusier

FOSTER & PARTNERS
Hearst Building
Norman Foster

GILBERT, CASS, ARCHITECT
Woolworth Building

HARRISON & ABRAMOVITZ ARCHITECTS with CORBUSIER, LE with NIEMEYER, OSCAR + ROBERTSON, SIR HOWARD
United Nations Headquarters (UNO Buildings)

HARRISON, WALLACE K, ARCHITECT
Metropolitan Opera House

HARRISON, WALLACE K., ARCHITECT of HARRISON, ABRAMOVITZ & ABBE ARCHITECTS
Corning Glass Works Building

HOLL, STEVEN
D. E. Shaw & Co. Office Building
Pratt Institute Higgins Hall - addition, Brooklyn
Storefront for Art and Architecture
Steven Holl

HOOD, RAYMOND
Rockefeller Center

JOHNSON, PHILIP with BURGEE, JOHN
1001 Fifth Avenue Façade
AT&T Building - now Sony Building
Philip Johnson

JOHNSON, PHILIP, ARCHITECT
New York State Theater
Rockefeller Guest House

JOHNSON, PHILIP for VAN DER ROHE, MIES
Seagram Building

KOOLHAAS, REM, ARCHITECT / OMA ARCHITECTS
Prada Store New York
Rem Koolhaas

KPF ARCHITECTURE with TANIGUCHI, YOSHIO
Museum of Modern Art - MoMA
KPF Architects

LIBESKIND, DANIEL, ARCHITECTS WITH CHILDS, DAVID OF SOM ARCHITECTS
Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center
Daniel Libeskind

MAKI, FUMIHIKO
World Trade Center Tower 4
Fumihiko Maki

McKIM, MEAD & WHITE, ARCHITECTS
Pennsylvania Station (or Penn Station)

MURPHY/JAHN ARCHITECTS
City Spire Center
Murphy/Jahn Architects

NIEMEYER, OSCAR with CORBUSIER, LE + ROBERTSON, SIR HOWARD with HARRISON & ABRAMOVITZ ARCHITECTS
United Nations Headquarters (UNO Buildings)
Oscar Niemeyer

OMA ARCHITECTS - KOOLHAAS, REM, ARCHITECT
Prada Store New York
OMA

PEI, I. M. & PARTNERS, ARCHITECTS
Javits Convention Center
Johnson Museum of Art
I M Pei

PELLI, CESAR, ARCHITECTS
Carnegie Hall Tower
World Financial Center
Cesar Pelli

PORTZAMPARC, CHRISTIAN DE, ARCHITECT
LVMH Building
Christian de Portzamparc Architects

REED & STEM (with WARREN & WETMORE)
Grand Central Station

ROBERTSON, SIR HOWARD with CORBUSIER, LE + NIEMEYER, OSCAR + HARRISON & ABRAMOVITZ ARCHITECTS
United Nations Headquarters (UNO Buildings)

ROCHE-DINKELOO ARCHITECTS
Ford Foundation
UN Plaza
Roche Dinkeloo Architects

ROEBLING, JOHN, DESIGNER / CIVIL ENGINEER
Brooklyn Bridge

SAARINEN, EERO
TWA Building - New York Airport (JFK)
Eero Saarinen

SHREVE, LAMB & HARMON, ARCHITECTS
500 Fifth Avenue Building
Empire State Building
Lefcourt National Building
Shreve Lamb & Harmon Architects

SIEGEL, GWATHMEY, ARCHITECT
Corning Glass Works Building Renovation

SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL (SOM ARCHITECTS) / BUNSCHAFT, GORDON
One Chase Manhattan Plaza (Chase Manhattan Bank)

SKIDMORE OWINGS & MERRILL (SOM) ARCHITECTS
9 West 57th Street
JP Morgan Chase New York
Lever Building
Time Warner Center New York
Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects

SNOHETTA ARCHITECTS
World Trade Centre - New Museum Complex: Ground Zero building
Snohetta

SOM ARCHITECTS (CHILDS, DAVID)
Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center

TANIGUCHI, YOSHIO with KPF ARCHITECTURE
Museum of Modern Art New York - MoMA
Yoshio Taniguchi

URBAN, JOSEPH, ARCHITECT
The Hearst Building base

VAN ALEN, WILLIAM
Chrysler Building

VAN DER ROHE, MIES with JOHNSON, PHILIP
Seagram Building
Mies Van der Rohe

VINOLY, RAFAEL
John Jay College of Criminal Justic
Manhattan Condominium
Rafael Vinoly Architects

WARREN & WETMORE (with REED & STEM)
Grand Central Station

WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD, ARCHITECTS
Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright Architect



New York Architects - arranged by building

New York Studio:
Specht Harpman

New York Practices not yet featured:
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Paris Architects

New York skyscraper
Chrysler Building
New York World Trade Centre
Empire State Building
Rockefeller Center
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