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Structure-ID:
s0002382
Created on:
11/18/01
Modified on:
06/14/08
United Nations Secretariat Building
United Nations Headquarters
Built:
1947
-
1952
Status:
in use
Address:
First Avenue
Location:
Manhattan
,
New York
,
New York
,
USA
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Function / usage:
Office building
Part of:
United Nations Headquarters & Plaza
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Phase of works
Role
Name
Part of structure
Architect
Wallace K. Harrison
Le Corbusier
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Description
Value
Construction materials used
building structure
reinforced concrete
Dimensions
height
154 m
number of floors (above ground)
39
Relevant Web Sites
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archINFORM: United Nations Headquarters
BBC News: Crumbling edifice of the UN (02.06.2004)
Great Buildings Online: United Nations Headquarters
HABS: United Nations Headquarters, United Nations Plaza, New York City, New York County, NY
Nations Unies: Visite virtuelle du Siège des Nations Unies
UN Headquarters Guided Tours
UN On-Line Tour: Headquarters
Relevant Literature
Le siège permanent de l'O.N.U. à New-York
, in "Ossature métallique", April 1950 v. 15 .
Brunfant, G.
Le siège permanent de l'O.N.U. à New-York
, in "Ossature métallique", April 1950 v. 15 .
Stoller, Ezra
The United Nations
, Princeton Architectural Press, New York (USA) , ISBN 156898183X.
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