Work
Seagram Building
Explore in the Atlas →Bronze-and-glass corporate tower whose set-back plaza and refined curtain wall set the template for postwar International Style commercial architecture.
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Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- New York City, USA
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- exemplifies Modernism
Referenced by
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe authored
- Philip Johnson authored
Sources
- Phyllis Lambert. Building Seagram. Yale University Press, 2013.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Seagram Building." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/seagram-building/. Accessed July 17, 2026.