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Gordon Bunshaft
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Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect and a practitioner of modernism. He was born in Buffalo in 1909 and died in New York City in 1990. Bunshaft was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spoke English. His notable works include Lever House and the Solow Building.
He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His works are held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1909-05-09 ) May 9, 1909, Buffalo, New York , US
- Died
- August 6, 1990 (1990-08-06) (aged 81), New York City, US
- Alma mater
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( BA , MA )
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Nina Wayler ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 )
- Awards
- American Institute of Architects Twenty-five Year Award , elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters , Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Practice
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Buildings
- Lever House , Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library , Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- architecture
- Movement
- modernism
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- Commons category
- Gordon Bunshaft
- date of birth
- 1909-05-09
- date of death
- 1990-08-06
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- name in native language
- Gordon Bunshaft
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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Encyclopedic overview
Gordon Bunshaft FAIA (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the firm in 1937 and remained with it for more than 40 years. His notable buildings include Lever House in New York, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 140 Broadway (Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.), and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank in New York, the first post-war "transparent" bank on the East Coast.
Early life
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