Lever House

1:2000 scale miniature paper model, about 2 inches tall

This Midtown skyscraper was the first modernist International Style office tower in New York when it opened in 1952. Designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft, the building’s green glass and gleaming stainless steel walls reflect its original use as the corporate headquarters of the world’s largest soap manufacturer.

The Lever House is located diagonally across Park Avenue from the Seagram Building.

Read more:

• Casa Lever, a restaurant in the first floor of the building
• The building is also the patron to rotating exhibits in the Lever House Art Collection
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill info about the project
• Lever House in The Midtown Book at the City Review