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United Nations Secretariat Building
 

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Full elevation - 2007-8-13 (652025)
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View from the north - 2007-8-13 (149427)
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East side from Queens Landing - 2007-8-13 (262100)
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Identification
Official name United Nations Secretariat Building
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Emporis Building Number 114294
 
Location
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Bordering street #1 1st Avenue
Bordering street #2 East 42nd Street
Bordering street #3 United Nations Plaza
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Location Map (POI) *
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Complex United Nations Headquarters
Neighborhood Turtle Bay
Borough Manhattan
City New York City
State New York
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
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Height (struct.) 154 m 505 ft
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Floors (OG) 39
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Construction end 1952
 
Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- The UN Headquarters site is officially international territory, not part of the United States - making New York the only state with a hole in it.
- Featured in the movie "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (directed by Blake Edwards, 1976).
- The architects' use of green glass, marble, and bands of metal detailing are modifications to the modern architectural vocabulary.
- Typical of the International Style are its simple, geometric form, the absence of historical references, and its glass curtain wall.
- This skyscraper was the first major International Style building to be constructed in New York.
- The actual design for the building was carried out by an international team of architects under the direction of Wallace Harrison.
- Centerpiece of the UN complex is the Secretariat, a skyscraper based on plans by Le Corbusier, one of the most well-known modern architects.
- Built for an important international organization, this modern complex helped revitalize New York City at the end of the second world war.
- The 18-acre site was donated to the United Nations by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
- An extensive renovation is planned in the near future that could take up to ten years, temporarily displacing the employees to a new headquarters building to be built in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Queens.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: Le Corbusier , Julio Vilamajó , Sir Howard Robertson , Nikolai D. Bassov , Ssu-Ch'eng Liang , Studio Ernest Cormier , Gaston Brunfaut , Taylor, Soilleux & Overend , Oscar Niemeyer , Sven Markelius , Wallace K. Harrison

Emporis Premium Companies: Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers.

Other companies: Irwin Cantor & Associates, PC [The Cantor Seinuk Group Inc.], Arnstein Arneberg, Robert Moses, AK Productions LLC.