A Modernist Icon Through a New Lens.
SOME of the most pervasive myths of modern architecture surround the Seagram Building, the emblem of standardization - manifested by the extruded shaft of the tower, the applied bronze I-beams that are stand-ins for the structural steel frame encased in concrete within, and the urban stance of the b...
| Publicado en: | Architectural Record Vol. 209; no. 5; p. 37 |
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