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Title	TRUMP TOWER
View	General context view looking up the Trump Tower from Fifth Avenue
Notes	administrative, dwelling, commercial
Work Type	mixed-use office building apartment building condominium skyscraper
Style/Period	Modern
Creator Name	Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Creator Nationality	American firm
Contributors to Project	Der Scutt, design partner in charge
Major Design Aspects	all glass tower setback incorporates trees on facade
Climate Type	temperate
Country	United States of America
City	New York
State/Province	NY
Architectural Material	steel, glass (bronze-colored glass)
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1983
Century	20C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Subject Information	As bronze-colored glass towers go, this is very fine because of its detailing and, more importantly, its thin, stepped massing. The tower is made to appear even thinner by its straight-edge fluting, which also creates more corner windows that are more saleable. (The project's apartment layouts had to be modified during construction when it was discovered that too many corner bedrooms looked into other apartment bedrooms.) The unusual layout also proved that flat-roof buildings are not necessarily ugly even in a Post-Modern age. The vertical stepping of the base of the tower on Fifth Avenue is brilliantly executed to create great visual interest for pedestrians, especially because the setbacks are lushly landscaped and play host to choral groups during the Christmas season, perhaps the most charming holiday display in a city and a neighborhood noted for its festive observations. The stepping effect of the tower is thematically continued with the lobby atrium's great seven-story waterfall beneath the large angled skylight. Source: www.thecityreview.com/trumpt.html
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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