Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect who lived from May 9, 1909 to August 6, 1990, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, he joined the firm in 1937 and remained with it for more than 40 years. His notable buildings include 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, and the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank in New York, the first post-war transparent bank on the East Coast.