Entrée principale:

Samuels, Gertrude.

Titre et auteur:

What kind of capitol for the U.N.? / Gertrude Samuels.

Description:

pages 9-11, 55-57, 59 : illustrations, portrait ; 35 cm

Notes:
Article discussing the planning and construction of the United Nations Headquarters, based on interviews with architects of the United Nations Headquarters Planning Board and talks with many other architects.
Includes quotations from Wallace K. Harrison, Le Corbusier, Nikolai D. Bassov, Oscar Neimeyer, Ssu-Ch'eng Liang, William Adams Delano, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Conceptual ill. by A. Leydenfrost.

Sujet:

United Nations Headquarters (New York, N.Y.)
United Nations Buildings.
United Nations
Buildings
Architecture (object genre) United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.
International organization Buildings United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.
Corporate headquarters United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.

Classification/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Interviews.

Liaison au document hôte:

New York times magazine April 20, 1947

Vedettes secondaires:

Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Bossov, Nikolai D.
Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-2012.
Liang, Sicheng, 1901-1972.
Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Leydenfrost, A.
United Nations Headquarters Planning Board.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 244866
Cote: NA4184.U5 1947
Statut: Disponible