The Seagram Building - Mies van der Rohe

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The Seagram Building

1957
Park Avenue
New York, New York, USA
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (and Philip Johnson), architects

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Mies van der Rohe used decorative bronze beams to emphasize the height of this 38-story skyscraper. A base of granite pillars leads to horizontal bands of bronze plating and bronze-tinted glass. The glass-enclosed lobby is two stories high.

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