Bunshaft

This little jewel speaks as well as any of them to the famed era of Mies Van der Rohe when "less is more" was the design rule of the day and Bunshaft was the city's leading practitioner.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

Now comes the case involving the 1954 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue, designed by one of the 20th century's most notable architects, Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

This little jewel speaks as well as any of them to the famed era of Mies Van der Rohe when "less is more" was the design rule of the day and Bunshaft was the city's leading practitioner.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

Now comes the case involving the 1954 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue, designed by one of the 20th century's most notable architects, Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

This little jewel speaks as well as any of them to the famed era of Mies Van der Rohe when "less is more" was the design rule of the day and Bunshaft was the city's leading practitioner.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

Now comes the case involving the 1954 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue, designed by one of the 20th century's most notable architects, Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011

The basic idea was developed and detailed by Bunshaft, who was also the architect of Lever House, now an official New York City landmark.

A Landmark Jewel Box Loses Its Biggest Gem Ada Louise Huxtable 2010

The building was designed by Gordon Bunshaft of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, after an in-house competition with a $50 prize was won by a younger firm member, Charles Evans Hughes III, who came up with the concept of a glass box featuring the dramatic display of the bank's vault behind the glass facade.

A Landmark Jewel Box Loses Its Biggest Gem Ada Louise Huxtable 2010

Designed in 1950 by architect Gordon Bunshaft and now holding landmark status, the Manhattan House was converted into luxury condominiums in 2008.

Designers Enlisted in Sales Wars Shelly Banjo 2010

Now comes the case involving the 1954 Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue, designed by one of the 20th century's most notable architects, Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Roberta Brandes Gratz: When Is a Landmark A Landmark? Roberta Brandes Gratz 2011