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Gordon Bunshaft Decorative Objects

American, 1909-1990

In its striking curtain wall of glass and modernist steel columns, Gordon Bunshaft’s International-style design for the Lever House — cocreated with Natalie de Blois — garnered widespread acclaim. The Pritzker Prize-winner was a legendary American architect, and his influence can be found today in city skylines all over the world.

Bunshaft studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before undertaking fellowships in Europe and North Africa. In 1937, he joined New York City architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill where he worked until his retirement in 1979.

Bunshaft shared the same interest in modernist furniture as Florence Knoll, an architect and furniture designer who had a subtle but profound influence on the course of mid-century American modernism and who helped make Knoll Inc. a leading firm in its field. Bunshaft recommended that Knoll be placed in charge of interiors when, while at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he designed the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company’s headquarters in the mid-1950s.

Bunshaft’s projects drew heavily on the pioneering architectural work of Le Corbusier as well as Mies van der Rohe, an iconic furniture designer and fellow proponent of modernist architecture.

Celebrated architectural marvels created by Bunshaft include the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library for Yale University and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Research Building for the University of Texas. Completed in 1974, Bunshaft designed the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and finished the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1983. The National Commercial Bank was his last project.

On 1stDibs, find vintage Gordon Bunshaft case pieces and other furniture.

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Creator: Gordon Bunshaft
Gordon Bunshaft's Collection: Lighter, Paperweight, Shovel Pin and Glass Piece
By Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a collection of personal desk objects from the estate of Gordon Bunshaft, the influential American architect best known for his work with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and iconi...
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20th Century Unknown Modern Gordon Bunshaft Decorative Objects

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Gordon Bunshaft decorative objects for sale on 1stDibs.

Gordon Bunshaft decorative objects are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Gordon Bunshaft decorative objects, although blue editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original decorative objects by Gordon Bunshaft were created in the modern style in unknown during the 20th century. Prices for Gordon Bunshaft decorative objects can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $5,000 and can go as high as $5,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $5,000.

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