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Gordon Bunshaft
(May 9, 1909 ? August 6, 1990), was an American architect. He was known as a partner in the architectural firm
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
(SOM), which he joined in 1937. He was born in
Buffalo, New York
.
Bunshaft was known for his designs for
Lever House
in New York, the
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
at Yale University, the
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
in Washington, D.C., the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
140 Broadway
(Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.) and
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank
in New York.
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Bunshaft died on August 6, 1990 in
New York City
of
cardiac arrest
at the age of 81.
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