Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft (May 9, 1909–August 6, 1990) was a 20th century architect educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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May 9 - 1909 - August 6 - 1990 - 20th century - Architect - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Bunshaft worked with Edward Durrell Stone, worked three months for industrial designer Raymond Loewy, whom he considered a phony, eventually becoming a partner in the New York office of the young firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.

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Edward Durrell Stone - Raymond Loewy - New York - Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

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Bunshaft was a modernist whose early influences included Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. His best-known design is the Lever House, built as a corporate headquarters for the soap company Lever Brothers. His design for the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank (1953), the first post-war 'transparent' bank on the east coast, is a modernist gem. Bunshaft's only single-family residence is the 2300 square foot (210 m²) Travertine House in the Hamptons, which was owned by Martha Stewart from 1995 through 2005.

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Modernist - Mies van der Rohe - Le Corbusier - Lever House - Hamptons - Martha Stewart

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In the 1950s, Bunshaft was hired by the State Department's Office of Foreign Building Operations as a collaborator on the design for several US consulates in Germany.

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1950s - State Department - Office of Foreign Building Operations - Consulate - Germany

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