New York Skyscrapers, USA : Architecture Information

Manhattan Skyscrapers 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. New York Architecture - photo © Tim Collins Ten Key New York skyscrapers, chronological: 1. Flatiron Building 1902 Daniel Burnham, Architect 2. Woolworth Building 1913 Cass Gilbert, Architect 3. Chrysler Building 1930 William Van Alen, Architect 4. Empire State Building 1931 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects 5. Rockefeller Center 1940 Raymond Hood, Architect 6. Lever Building (Lever House) 1952 Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects 7. United Nations Headquarters (UNO Buildings) 1953 Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer 8. Seagram Building 1958 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architec; Philip Johnson 9. UN Plaza 1975 Roche-Dinkeloo Architects 10. Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center: Ground Zero 2004- Daniel Libeskind Architects + David Childs of SOM Architects New York photos : Andrew McRae, 2007 Key Manhattan building no longer standing Site of World Trade Center 1966-73 (destroyed 2001) Minoru Yamasaki, Emery Roth & Sons One World Trade Center was 417m high, Two World Trade Center was 415m high New York skyscraper - Empire State building photo : Andrew McRae New York Skyscraper photos New York Skyscrapers : Complete List, alphabetical Key New York skyscrapers, chronological: 1. Flatiron Building, 23rd Street, Broadway; 5th Avenue 1902 Daniel Burnham, Architect Famous piece of New York architecture that appears on numerous postcards and in many films, so-named due to its sharp pointed plan. At 87m high the Flatiron building is the original New York skyscraper. 2. Woolworth Building, 233 Broadway 1910-13 Cass Gilbert, Architect 241m high, one of the first New York skyscrapers. Designed in a formal, symmetrical Gothic Revival style and originally nicknamed the Cathedral of Commerce. The Woolworth building was the tallest in the world from 1913-30. Refurbished 1977-81. 3. Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue 1930 William Van Alen, Architect Chrysler Building This building is 318m high, an Art Deco skyscraper that is a world-famous symbol for New York. Tallest building globally on completion, taking over from the Eiffel Tower. It obviously was also the tallest building in New York until the Empire State Building was completed the following year. Refurbished 1995. 4. Empire State Building, 350 Fifth Avenue 1931 Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects Empire State Building 381m high skyscraper, Art Deco architecture - especially the tower interior, famous New York landmark. 5. Rockefeller Center, 5th - 7th Avenue; 47th - 51st Street, Midtown 1940 Raymond Hood, Architect Rockefeller Center - Radio City, photo © Tim Collins Rockefeller Center The home of the beautiful ice rink, the Radio City Music Hall and supreme luxury of the Rainbow Rooms: you can dance away at the top of one of the highest skyscrapers in the city. 6. Lever Building (Lever House), 390 Park Avenue 1952 Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) Architects A beautiful piece of New York architecture facing Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building and trying to give it a run for its money. Having had a good look at both I think Mies wins but nevertheless this SOM Architects building was a classic in its day, podium and tower: Lever House 7. 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 8. 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 Philip Johnson became an associate for Mies van der Rohe on the Seagram Building in 1955: he worked on interiors such as the Four Seasons Restaurant. 9. UN Plaza, East 44th St / 1st Avenue 1969-75 Roche-Dinkeloo Architects Crystalline glassy building with facets in plan and section but generally a clean-styled building. The UN Plaza apartments tower was added in 1983. Renamed in 1999 Millennium Hotel New York, UN Plaza. 10. Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan 2004- Daniel Libeskind Architects + David Childs of SOM Architects Controversial towers to replace the New York World Trade Centre skyscrapers lost in 2001. The main Freedom Tower skyscraper by Libeskind was to be a significant number of feet high - 1,776 ft - to mark a key American date in history - United States Year of Independence; the building was largely handed over to architect David Childs. Designed to be the tallest tower in the world for the site leaseholder - real estate developer Larry Silverstein. The angular design is typical for Daniel Libeskind but here echoes the Statue of Liberty. A Snohetta building was also due to appear but the situation is in a state of flux, more online soon. New York Skyscraper News: One Bryant Park - Bank of America Tower Cook + Fox Architects image © Jock Pottle, Esto for Cook+Fox Architects One Bryant Park 99 Church Street Tower, World Trade Centre Tower Site, Lower Manahttan Robert A. M. Stern Architects image : dbox Courtesy of: Silverstein Properties 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 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 Tower Verre : MoMA Extension + Hotel + Apartments Jean Nouvel image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel Manhattan Tower 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 Foster + Partners photo : Andrew McRae Hearst Tower - New York skyscraper award : RIBA International Award 2007 400 Park Avenue South Christian de Portzamparc Manhattan tower Brooklyn Arts Tower Behnisch Architekten with StudioMDA Brooklyn Tower Lexington Avenue Building Foster & Partners to design 62 storey New York skyscraper beside Mies Van der Rohe's classic Seagram Building on Lexington Avenue. BLUE Residential Tower Bernard Tschumi BLUE Residential Tower photo: Peter Mauss/ESTO New York Tower LVMH Building, East 57th Street ; Fifth & Madison Avenue Christian de Portzamparc, Architect photo : Wade Zimmerman LVMH Tower One Madison Park, Madison Square Park OMA Manhattan skyscraper New York Skyscraper Photos welcome AT&T Building, Madison Avenue Philip Johnson, Architect with John Burgee image : isabelle lomholt AT&T Building : famous Postmodern building with so-called 'Chippendale Chair' top Battery Park, Manhattan - photo © Tim Collins