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Monotony or Scale? Among the pros, views of the new boom are mixed. Gordon Bunshaft, chief designer for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, says flatly: "Architecturally, the general standard is lower than anywhere else in the world." Says Arthur Drexler, director of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art: "The bulk of the commercial buildings is only packaged space. About all that can be said of them is that they function mechanically...
...Matter of Esthetics. On a more modest scale, Architect Gordon Bunshaft, chief designer for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, also had a problem with paintings. His were Picasso, Miro, Modigliani, Dubuffet, and they all had to be fitted into his five-room rental apartment on East 66th Street. He chose "neutral" furnishings "to let the paintings do the coloring." To create more space, Bunshaft removed a wall separating the entranceway from the dining area. His TV set is placed behind a sliding Dubuffet, and from behind a Miro comes the sound of his hi-fi speaker. By using stainless steel, Formica...
...Most of the fair's original Design Committee (including Edward D. Stone and Gordon Bunshaft) have quit. One critic predicted that the fair will be "the most horrendous hodgepodge of jukebox architecture that has yet been assembled." Says Moses, who cites the 1893 Chicago Fair's classical revival as an example of the "devastating effects" of an overall fair style: "You mean you're going to tell General Motors what kind of building...
...architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It was obvious from the start that the bank would need large paintings for its wall space, which meant for the most part picking abstractions. The art committee was well suited to that task. Its members, aside from SOM Chief Designer Gordon Bunshaft, an avid collector himself, were Alfred Barr Jr. and Dorothy Miller of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art; Robert Hale, curator of American painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; James Johnson Sweeney, then director of the Guggenheim Museum; and Perry Rathbone, director of Boston's Museum of Fine...
...Banque Lambert, Brussels, a project designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's top designer, Gordon Bunshaft (whose Lever House was the ultimate in glass slabs), with Engineer Paul Weidlinger. Using precast, prestressed concrete with great discipline, Bunshaft has created a rhythmical façade with all the richness of an Italian palazzo...