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Gordon Bunshaft

Born: 1909 | Buffalo, New York

Died: 1990 | New York City, New York

Practice: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Awards: AIA Twenty-Five Year Award (1980), AIA Twenty-Five Year Award (1980), American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters Gold Medal (1984), Pritzker Prize (1988)

Projects: Lever House, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Hirshorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, National Commercial Bank Jeddah, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch New York

Lever House, New York, New York (1950-1952)

Lever House by SOM © Beyond My Ken CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Albright-Knox Art Gallery Annex (Buffalo AKG Art Museum), Buffalo, New York (1962)

Albright Knox Gallery by SOM © Andre Carrotflower CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Connecticut (1963)

Beinecke Library by Gordon Bunshaft © Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Banque Lambert Headquarters (Marnix Building, ING Belgium), Brussels, Belgium (1959-1963)

Banque Lambert by SOM © Sofietje123 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Hirshorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (1970-1974)

Hirshorn Museum by Gordon Bunshaft of SOM © Gunnar Klack CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons