The bronze and glass tower on Park Avenue, New York, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson, completed in 1958 and set back behind its own open plaza. The most refined of all International Style towers and the model for a generation of corporate headquarters, its plaza also reshaped New York zoning incentives for public space.
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Building Type LocationNew York City, United States 2 Completed Year Height (m)Sourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Associated With
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Designed By
With Philip Johnson, who designed the Four Seasons interiors.
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Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
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Uses Element
Its custom extruded bronze mullions, left to weather, are the buildings defining and most costly material choice.
The bronze and glass wall that defined the type.
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1. Seagram Building (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead of the Wikipedia articleQuote, Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Seagram Building is a skyscraper at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States. It was designed in the International Style by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe along with Philip Johnson, Ely Jacques Kahn, and Robert Allan Jacobs. The high-rise tower is 515 feet (157 m) tall with 38 stories and, when completed in 1958, initially served as the headquarters of the Seagram Company, a Canadian distiller.
Phyllis Lambert, daughter of Seagram CEO Samuel Bronfman, heavily influenced the Seagram Building's design, an exampl
2. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.britannica.com/topic/Seagram-Building, lead definition
Seagram Building, high-rise office building in New York City (1958). Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, this sleek Park Avenue skyscraper is a pure example of a rectilinear prism sheathed in glass and bronze. It took the International Style to its zenith.
- In Style: International Style
- Designed By: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Uses Element: Curtain Wall
- Uses Element: Structural Steel
- Associated With: Completion of the Seagram Building
View the Source 3. Wikidata: Seagram Building
- Wikidata Q737484, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q737484, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the Source4. Seagram Building (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata height (P2048) statement: 157.0Quote, Wikidata height (P2048) statement: 157.0
Wikidata item Q737484, property P2048 (height): 157.0 m (converted to metres, preferred/normal rank, non-deprecated)
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Official Site
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