This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
A 1956 proposal drafted by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the Union Carbide Building, a historically significant, mid-twentieth century office tower located at 270 Park Avenue, just north of Grand Central Station. The proposal consists of reproductions of plan and elevation drawings and photographs of the Union Carbide model, together with outline specifications, cost estimates, and construction and drawing schedules.
This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill photographs, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Gordon Bunshaft architectural drawings and papers, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Theodore Conrad papers, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Founded in 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) pioneered modern architecture – in form, materials, and construction processes – in the United States, ultimately becoming one of the largest and most prolific international firms in history. They specialize in high-end commercial architecture. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois, the Union Carbide Building was one of SOM's early iconic commercial office towers. Next to Lever House, also on Park Avenue and also designed by Bunshaft and de Blois, the Union Carbide is one of SOM's most historically significant buildings in New York.
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