Personnes et institutions:

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (creator)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (interior designer)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (furniture designer)
• Philip Johnson (architect)
• Samuel Bronfman (client)
• Phyllis Lambert (planning director)
• Ezra Stoller (photographer)
• Harry Callahan (photographer)
• Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. (photographer)
• Arnold Newman (photographer)
• Irving Penn (photographer)
• Michael O'Neill (architect)
• Hiroshi Sugimoto (photographer)

Titre:

Seagram Building, New York, United States (1949-1958)

Date:

1949-1997

Niveau de description archivistique:
project

Collation:

• 66 photographs
  1 drawing

Présentation du contenu:
This project series documents Mies van der Rohe architecture project of for the Seagram Building in New York, United States, commissioned by Samuel Bronfman, and for which he was involved as architect, in collaboration with Philip Johnson, interior designer and furniture designer. The building was built between 1949 and 1958. The materiel in this series was produced between 1949 and 1997, but predominantly between 1949 and 1963. The series contains photographs of the exterior and the interior of the building predominantly by photographer Ezra Stoller, and also photographs and portraits of architects and creative team working of the design and planning of the Seagram Building project, including Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson and Phyllis Lambert. The serie also includes a conceptual sketch for the building Plaza by Mies van der Rohe.

Numéro de référence:

CI007.S1.1949.PR02

Localisation:

New York États-Unis

Sources complémentaires:

• Documents related to the Seagram Building can also be found in the Gene Summers fonds (AP114).

Contient:

• PH1978:0143, Partial view of the principal façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the pool and the adjacent building, New York City, 1970s
• PH1986:0025, Portrait of Philip Johnson at his desk in the Seagram Building with a view of buildings and the East River in the background, New York City, 1959
• PH1990:0164, Exterior view of the Seagram Building and plaza from the top floor of a building across the street, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0165, Partial view of the Seagram Building and plaza from across the street, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0166, Partial view of the Seagram Building and plaza at night from across the street, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0167, Partial view of the Seagram Building from across a vacant lot, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0168, Partial view of the north façade of the Seagram Building from across a vacant lot, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0169, Partial view of the west façade, plaza and main entrance of the Seagram Building from a building across the street, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0170, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building from across the street showing the adjacent church and buildings, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0171, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building from across the street showing the surrounding buildings reflected in the windows, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0172, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building from an elevated viewpoint across the street showing the surrounding buildings reflected in the windows, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0173, Partial view of the Seagram Building and plaza at night showing the main entrance reflected in the pool, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0174, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the main entrance, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0175, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the main entrance, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0176, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the main entrance, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0177, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the main entrance, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0178, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the main entrance, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0179, Partial view of the west façade and plaza of the Seagram Building showing the main entrance, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0180, Exterior view of the south entrance of the Seagram Building showing the glass canopy designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0181, Partial view of the south façade of the Seagram Building showing stairs, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0182, Exterior view of the south entrance of the Seagram Building showing the glass canopy designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0183, Exterior view of the south entrance of the Seagram Building showing the glass canopy designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0184, Exterior view of the south entrance of the Seagram Building showing the glass canopy designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0185, View of the south façade of the Seagram Building through the glass canopy designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0186, Close-up view of the Seagram Building showing the structure of the curtain wall including a corner column, mullions, spandrels and windows, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0187, View from the roof of the Seagram Building looking south, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0188, View from the roof of the Seagram Building looking southwest, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0189, View of the plaza of the Seagram Building from the covered walkway south of the main entrance, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0190, View of the plaza of the Seagram Building through a revolving glass door, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0191, Interior view of the east lobby of the Seagram Building, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0192, Interior view of the east lobby of the Seagram Building from the stairs showing the building directory and the elevators designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0193, Interior view of the east lobby of the Seagram Building showing an elevator designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0194, Interior view of the fifth floor executive reception room of the Seagram Building showing the Seagram crest and Barcelona chairs, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0195, Interior view of the fifth floor executive reception room of the Seagram Building showing Barcelona chairs, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0196, Interior view of the fourth floor reception room of the Seagram Building showing the sofas designed by Charles Eames and shelves of liquor bottles, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0197, Interior view of the corridor outside the fourth floor reception room of the Seagram Building showing the sofas designed by Charles Eames, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0198, Interior view of the fourth floor reception room of the Seagram Building showing shelves of liquor and furniture, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0199, Interior view of the Seagram Building showing counters and tables of liquor bottles, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0200, Interior view of the fifth floor dining room of the Seagram Building showing the furnishings and the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0201, Interior view of the fifth floor executive bathroom of the Seagram Building showing furniture and the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0202, Interior view of the fifth floor executive bathroom of the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly and a sink designed by Philip Johnson, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0203, Interior view of the fourth floor conference room of the Seagram Building the showing the sliding partition walls, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0204, Interior view of the fourth floor conference room of the Seagram Building through an opening in the sliding partition walls, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0205, Interior view of the Seagram Building showing chairs and marble tables, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0206, Interior view of the Seagram Building showing furniture and the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0207, Interior view of a furnished office in the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0208, Interior view of a furnished office in the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0209, Interior view of the fifth floor executive office and conference room in the Seagram Building showing furniture and the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0210, Interior view of a furnished office in the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0211, Interior view of a furnished office in the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0212, Interior view of the Seagram Building showing a portrait bust of Samuel Bronfman, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0213, Interior view of a furnished office in the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0214, Interior view of a furnished office in the Seagram Building showing the recessed light fixtures designed by Richard Kelly, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0215, View from the top floor of the Seagram Building, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0216, View of Seagram Building, New York City, New York, 1958
• PH1990:0217, View of the Seagram Building and Plaza at dusk, New York City, New York, United States, 1958
• PH1990:0218, Close-up view of the Seagram Building showing the structure of the curtain wall including a corner column, mullions, spandrels and windows, New York City, 1958
• PH1990:0219, View of the plaza of the Seagram Building from the covered walkway north of the main entrance, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1990:0220, View from the top floor of the Seagram Building showing the surrounding buildings and the East River, New York City, 1958
• PH1995:0044, Exterior view of the Seagram Building and plaza at midday, New York City, 1958 or later
• PH1999:0090, Portrait of Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson with the model of the Seagram Building, New York City, New York, United States, 1955
• PH1999:0172, Group portrait of the original creative team of the Four Seasons Restaurant Grill Room, including Phyllis Lambert and Philip Johnson, Restaurant Four Seasons, Seagram Building, New York City, New York, United States, 19 March 1999; 14 April 1999
• PH1999:0173, "Seagram Building", New York City, New York, United States, form the series "Modernism", 1997
• PH2000:0670, Portrait of Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson with the model for the Seagram Building, New York City, New York, 1955
• PH2001:0004, Seagram Building, New York City: view from under the canopy, with the Racquet and Tennis Club reflected in the lobby enclosure, April 2000
• PH1979:0478:009, View of the Seagram Building at night from across the street, New York City, January 1958