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Manhattan Skyscrapers Guide New York Skyscrapers - photo © Tim Collins 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. New York skyscraper - Empire State building photo : Andrew McRae New York Skyscraper photos New York Architects New York Skyscrapers : The Ten Most Famous Towers Key New York buildings - complete list, alphabetical: 23 East 22nd Street, Flatiron district OMA 23 East 22nd Street 56 Leonard Street Herzog & de Meuron image © Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 2008 56 Leonard Street 99 Church Street Tower, World Trade Centre Tower Site, Lower Manahttan 2008-11 Robert A. M. Stern Architects image : dbox Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties 400 Park Avenue South 2002-09 Christian de Portzamparc Manhattan tower 500 Fifth Avenue Building, 500 Fifth Avenue 1931 1001 Fifth Avenue Façade, 1001 Fifth Avenue 1978–80 Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee Postmodern New York architecture AT&T Building, Madison Avenue 1983 Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee image : isabelle lomholt AT&T Building : famous Postmodern building with so-called 'Chippendale Chair' top Brooklyn Arts Tower Behnisch Architekten with StudioMDA Brooklyn Tower BLUE Residential Tower Bernard Tschumi photo: Peter Mauss/ESTO New York Tower Carnegie Hall Tower 1986–90 Cesar Pelli, Architect Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue 1930 William Van Alen, Architect Chrysler Building 318m high, Art Deco skyscraper : world-famous symbol for New York. Tallest building globally on completion, taking over from the Eiffel Tower. Tallest building in New York until the Empire State Building was completed in 1931. City Spire Center,West 55th Street, Midtown, Manhattan - Murphy/Jahn Architects 248m high skyscraper Other buildings by Murphy/Jahn Architects include MesseTurm, 1990 - tallest building Europe at 257m high until 1997 - and the Trump Tower, completed 2005, 180m high in Stuttgart. Corning Glass Works Building - Corning Glass Center, 717 Fifth Avenue, Midtown 1956-58 Wallace K. Harrison, Architect of Harrison, Abramovitz & Abbe Architects This building is 109m high; the lobby contains a mural by Josef Albers. 1993-94 Renovated by Gwathmey Siegel, Architect Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue 1931 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects Empire State Building 381m high skyscraper, Art Deco architecture : famous New York landmark. Flatiron Building, 23rd Street, Broadway; 5th Avenue 1902 Daniel Burnham, Architect Famous piece of New York architecture : the original New York skyscraper Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan 2004- David Childs of SOM Architects ; Daniel Libeskind Architects Controversial towers to replace the New York World Trade Centre skyscrapers lost in 2001. The main Freedom Tower skyscraper's angular design was typical for Daniel Libeskind Hudson Yards : Masterplan for Eastern Rail Yards & Western Rail Yards Steven Holl image courtesy of Steven Holl Architects Hudson Yards New York Hearst Building, Eighth Avenue; 56th - 57th Street 2006 Foster + Partners photo : Andrew McRae Hearst Tower - New York skyscraper award : RIBA International Award 2007 JP Morgan Chase New York, 270 Park Avenue 1957-60 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Architects This Manhattan skyscraper by SOM Architects is 215m high JP Morgan Chase buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow: JP Morgan Chase building Lefcourt National Building, Fifth Avenue, Midtown 1929 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates 153m high, rather plain rectilinear stepped Manhattan tower built for Samuel Lefcourt. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates of course were the designers of probably the most famous New York skyscraper, the Empire State building. One Chase Manhattan Plaza (Chase Manhattan Bank) 1960 Gordon Bunschaft / Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue 1952 Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects A beautiful piece of New York architecture : Lever House Lexington Avenue Building Foster & Partners to design 62 storey New York skyscraper beside Mies Van der Rohe's classic Seagram Building on Lexington Avenue LVMH Building, East 57th Street ; Fifth & Madison Avenue 1999 Christian de Portzamparc, Architect photo : Wade Zimmerman LVMH Tower One Madison Park, Madison Square Park OMA Manhattan skyscraper MoMA Extension + Hotel + Apartments Jean Nouvel image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel Manhattan Tower One Bryant Park - Bank of America Tower 2004-09 Cook + Fox Architects image © Jock Pottle, Esto for Cook+Fox Architects One Bryant Park Rockefeller Center, 5th - 7th Avenue; 47th - 51st Street, Midtown 1940 Raymond Hood, Architect photo © Tim Collins Rockefeller Center Seagram Building, 375 Park Avenue, New York 1958 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson Seagram Building Another building by Mies van der Rohe is the Barcelona Pavilion UN Plaza, East 44th St / 1st Avenue 1969-75 Roche-Dinkeloo Architects Renamed in 1999 Millennium Hotel New York, UN Plaza United Nations Headquarters (UNO Buildings), 1st Avenue 1953 Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Sir Howard Robertson with Harrison & Abramovitz Architects The only Le Corbusier building in New York : UN Building New York Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway 1910-13 Cass Gilbert, Architect 241m high, one of the first New York skyscrapers. The Woolworth building was the tallest in the world from 1913-30. World Financial Center 1986 Cesar Pelli, Architect Including the Winter Garden Battery Park, Manhattan - photo © Tim Collins World Trade Center New York Towers World Trade Centre Tower Two Foster and Partners image : Foster + Partners I Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties 200 Greenwich Street Tower World Trade Centre Tower Three Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners image : RSHP, Team Macarie I Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties World Trade Centre Tower Four Maki and Associates image : Maki and Associates I Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties More projects online soon New York Architects New York Skyscraper Photos welcome New York Architecture London Skyscrapers Times Square between 40th & 53rd Street; 6th & 9th Avenue photo © Tim Collins Times Square Harlem Tower Swanke Hayden Connell Architects Harlem Tower Hong Kong Skyscrapers New York Skyscraper News - Current Projects + Developments World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Buildings / photos for the New York Skyscraper page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk New York Skyscraper - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt			Buildings by this architect: n/a Key Links: Skyscrapers Architecture Studios New Houses American Architects American Architecture New York Buildings