Lipstick Building

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Lipstick Building
Lipstick Building
Basic data
Place: New York City , USA
Construction time : 1983-1986
Status : Built
Architect : Philip Johnson
( Johnson / Burgee Architects )
Technical specifications
Height : 133 m
Height to the top: 138 m
Height to the roof: 133 m
Floors : 34
Building material : Aluminum
steel
granite
glass

The Lipstick Building , officially called 53rd at Third , is a 133-meter-high skyscraper in the New York borough of Manhattan , which is particularly striking because of its unusual shape reminiscent of a lipstick . The building was completed in 1986 and is located on 53rd Street at the corner of Third Avenue, in the immediate vicinity of the Citigroup Center . The skyscraper now houses the largest office of Latham & Watkins , one of the world's largest law firms. The office of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities was on the 17th floor .

architecture

The unusual building shape and design, oval, with a facade made of glass and red granite, contrasts with the rectangular, block-shaped neighboring buildings and also breaks through the traditional street grid. The decision in favor of a more rounded design did result in reductions in the total rentable office space, but this is offset by the conspicuousness and elegance of the building in the form of higher achievable rents, as the building is a coveted business address.

The postmodern lobby extends over two floors and is nine meters high.

In contrast to his other buildings from the 1980s, the architect Philip Johnson largely dispensed with post-modern , historicist ornamentation in this building . With the Lipstick Building, completed in the age of 80, Johnson decided to break new ground in terms of style.

literature

  • Judith Dupré: Skyscraper. The story of the most famous and important skyscrapers in the world. Könemann Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-89508-294-5 , pp. 92-93.
  • Andres Lepik: Skyscraper . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7913-3454-9 .
  • Dirk Stichweh: New York Skyscrapers. Prestel Verlag, Munich et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-7913-4054-8 .
  • Heike Werner: New York City for Architects. Heike Werner Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-9809471-0-6 , p. 179.

Web links

Commons : Lipstick Building  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Latham & Watkins LLP - Global Directory - New York. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .

Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 28 "  N , 73 ° 58 ′ 8"  W.