Secretariat, United Nations Headquarters, Turtle Bay, New York

RIBA Ref No RIBA108790

Architect/Designer	Niemeyer, Oscar (1907-2012)
	Harrison, Wallace Kirkman (1895-1981)
Artist/Photographer	Mills, Edward David (1915-1998)
Country	United States
City	New York
Subject Date	1950
Image Date	1957
View	Exterior \| Worm's-eye
Style	Modern Movement
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP304/37
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Riverside buildings ; Curtain walling ; Skyscrapers ; Government buildings ; Office buildings

NOTES; The 18-acre United Nations site on the east side of Midtown Manhattan is officially international territory. The 39-storey Secretariat was the first high-rise building in New York to use the curtain wall, albeit on its east and west elevations. It was designed by an international team which included Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and Wallace Harrison, and is the centrepiece of the complex which includes an assembly building and library.

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