New York Architecture Images- Midtown Exxon Building |
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architect |
Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris | ||||||||||||
location |
1251 Sixth Ave., bet W49 and W50. | ||||||||||||
date |
1971 | ||||||||||||
style |
International Style II | ||||||||||||
construction |
229m, 750ft, 54 floors. steel
structure, limestone The vertical facade striping consists of narrow limestone-clad piers as vertical structural members, with a similar structural system used on the other buildings within the new complex. The windows and opaque spandrels form continuous glass stripes -- an automatic washing machine that slides down the facade is used in washing the windows . |
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type |
Office Building | ||||||||||||
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Part of the Rockefeller Center Extension (also known as XYZ plan) | ||||||||||||
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