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Title	IBM BUILDING ATRIUM
View	General view of the bamboo forest with café in the foreground
Notes	indoor meeting place
Work Type	atrium office building skyscraper
Style/Period	Modern
Creator Name	Barns, Edward Larrabee
Creator Nationality	American firm
Contributors to Project	Edward Larrabee Barns Associates
Major Design Aspects	enclosure creates oasis
Elements & Spatial Types	bamboo court café zig-zag roof
Climate Type	cold temperate
Country	United States of America
City	New York
State/Province	NY
Alternate Place Names	New York City, Manhattan
Architectural Material	steel, glass
Structural System	steel frame
Dates	1983
Century	20C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	5/31/1990
Subject Information	The IBM Building was built in 1983 for the IBM data processor company. The 184 m-tall building, in the shape of a five-cornered prism, has its diagonal facade facing south-west. The 41-storey exterior is clad in polished red granite, alternating with continuous stripes of blue-green-tinted windows. The building incorporates the Garden Plaza, a through-block arcade connecting 56th and 57th Streets and the IBM with the neighboring Trump Tower. The spacious 930 m greenhouse-like glass atrium has a zig-zag roof of alternating diagonal and vertical panes, and it houses full-sized bamboo trees within, although many of the original number of eleven have been removed to accommodate contemporary art installations by the Pace Wildenstein Gallery. Source: www.wirednewyork.com/ibm_building.htm
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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