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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

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Established in 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Designed the Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

From the description of Architectural drawings, 1983. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 54443476

Lever House, one of the major landmarks of International Style architecture, was designed by Gordon Bunshaft, of the the New York office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Sited along Park Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets in New York City, the building was completed in 1952. Weiskoff & Pickworth were the structural engineers and Jaros Baum & Bolles were the mechanical engineers.

From the description of Lever House architectural drawings, 1950-1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 299029578

At the time of these drawings, the S.O.M. office was located at 575 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y.

From the description of [Radio cabinet] [graphic] : [1/2 full size drawings] / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Architects [stamped] ; [Gordon Bunshaft, architect]. Aug. 22, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 81110015

Archival Resources

Role	Title	Holding Repository
referencedIn	Khan, Fazlur R. Fazlur A. Khan collection, 1944-1988.	Aurora University, Phillips Library
referencedIn	InFocusTech (Firm). Burj Dubai [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
referencedIn	Nathaniel Alexander Owings Papers, 1911-1983, (bulk 1960-1980)	Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn	Parsons, Kermit C. (Kermit Carlyle), 1927-. Kermit Carlyle Parsons papers, circa 1945-1999.	Cornell University Library
creatorOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. [Radio cabinet] [graphic] : [1/2 full size drawings] / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Architects [stamped] ; [Gordon Bunshaft, architect].	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	Grinnell College. Libraries. Burling Library construction and renovation, 1956-1984.	Grinnell College. Burling Library
creatorOf	Bouterse, Perez and Fabregas (Firm). Architectural proposals for the Urban Library and Museum Complex, Metropolitan Dade County, Florida, 1976-1978.	Getty Research Institute
referencedIn	Hammond, James Wright, 1918-1986. James Wright Hammond papers, 1951-ca. 1985.	Aurora University, Phillips Library
referencedIn	Haskell, Douglas Putnam, 1899-1979. Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, Series I: Pending correspondence, 1949-1964.	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	Greenberg, Allan. Connecticut Architectural collection, 1961, 1981.	University of Texas Libraries
creatorOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Architectural drawings, 1983.	Denver Public Library, Central Library
creatorOf	John Hancock, Chicago [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
referencedIn	Molitor, Joseph W. Joseph W. Molitor architectural photographs, 1935-1985 (bulk 1946-1980).	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	McKinsey and Company. A study of the Union Legion Hall and the Kellogg Country Club / [for] the Bunker Hill Company : Typescript, [1956]	University of Idaho Library
creatorOf	American Institute of Architects. San Francisco Chapter. American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter centennial collection [graphic], ca. 1930-1976.	UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn	Smith, Gordon M. Gordon M. Smith records, 1955-1972.	Albright-Knox Art Gallery, G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library
creatorOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Maison Trust Royal, Montréal, Québec : vertical file.	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
creatorOf	Sears Tower, Chicago [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
referencedIn	Proskauer, Henry G., 1915-. Research files on architecture, ca. 1940-1970.	Getty Research Institute
referencedIn	Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Records, 1953-1974	Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf	Sear's Tower Chicago [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
referencedIn	Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Engineering Dept. Maps and drawings, 1876-1976 (bulk, 1900-1950).	Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill photographs, circa 1945-1969.	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn	Leopold Arnaud papers and architectural drawings, 1914-1980, bulk 1914-1945	Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
creatorOf	Emery Roth & Sons. Emery Roth & Sons architectural records and papers, 1906-1996 (bulk 1951-1994).	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	John Hancock Center, Chicago [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
creatorOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Sears Tower, home of Sears Bank and Trust Company [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
referencedIn	Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962. Lever House, #25 of "Power in buildings". [graphic] / Hugh Ferriss.	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	Concord (Mass.). Balanced Transportation Committee. Collection of materials relating to the environmental impact of the redesigning and reengineering of Route 2 on several Mass. towns, 1972-1976.	Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
creatorOf	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Lever House architectural drawings, 1950-1953.	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf	Grinnell College. Treasurer's Office. Campus buildings, 1914-1975.	Grinnell College. Burling Library
referencedIn	Holmes, Jeffrey, architect. [Lever House] : recordings, 2005.	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
creatorOf	University Center Competition. University Center Competition Collection, 1987.	Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library
referencedIn	Holmes, Jeffrey, architect. Composer avec les années 60 : comment intervenir sur l'architecture des années 60 : [Lever House] = Dealing with the 60s : how to intervene in the architecture of the 60s : [Lever House] : recordings, 2005.	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
creatorOf	Sears Tower [model].	Centre canadien d'architecture, \| Canadian Centre for Architecture \| CCA
creatorOf	Hedrich-Blessing (Firm). Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 2 [graphic].	Chicago History Museum
creatorOf	Denver Museum of Natural History. Architectural plans and drawings of the Denver Museum of Natural History 1908-present.	Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library
referencedIn	Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909-1990. Gordon Bunshaft architectural drawings and papers, 1909-1990 (bulk 1950-1979).	Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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referencedIn	Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi	Archives of American Art

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associatedWith	Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994.	person
associatedWith	Boltin, Lee.	person
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associatedWith	Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909-1990.	person
associatedWith	Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909-1990.	person
associatedWith	Chase Manhattan Bank and Plaza (New York, N.Y.)	corporateBody
associatedWith	Checkman, Louis.	person
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associatedWith	Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962.	person
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associatedWith	Lever House (New York, N.Y.)	corporateBody
associatedWith	Lincoln, F. S.	person
associatedWith	Maffitt, Theodore S., Jr.	person
associatedWith	McKinsey and Company.	corporateBody
associatedWith	Merrill, John.	person
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associatedWith	Royall National Bank (Palestine, Tex.)	corporateBody
associatedWith	Severinghaus, J. Walter.	person
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associatedWith	Stoller, Ezra.	person
associatedWith	Union Carbide Corporation building (New York, N.Y.)	corporateBody
associatedWith	University Center Competition.	corporateBody
associatedWith	Wausau Hospital (Wausau, Wis.)	corporateBody
associatedWith	Weiskoff & Pickworth.	corporateBody
associatedWith	Wurts Brothers (Photographers : New York, N.Y.)	corporateBody

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