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AT&T
(Sony) Building
Clad
in unpolished Stony Creek pink granite, this 37-story
landmark brought a Pritzker Prize to its architect,
Philip Johnson in 1979. The distinctive roof shape
was dubbed the "Chippendale" style.
The
1984 AT&T Building in Manhattan, seen in retrospect
as the first Postmodernist building with, its ornamental
pink granite neo-Georgian pediment, effectively
ended the argument against ornament.
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| AT&T
(Sony) building in New York , built in 1984
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- Sony Building, New York City |
Dramatic exterior columns of Stony Creek Granite draw the eye upward.
The building's interior is equally proprtioned.
At
ground level, the rich color and highlights are most evident.
Even in low light, the eye discerns subtle textures of reddish potassium
feldspar, cream-colored and light gray plagioclase feldspar, translucent
quartz brushed with darker biotite highlighting.
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Turnings and decorative cuts of Stony Creek Granite greet guests each
day.
The unpolished granite surface lends a feeling of warmth and security.
Granite columns support arches with dramatic interior spaces, shown here
during the holidays' robust retail season.
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References
Simon
Glynn, 2001
GreatGridlock.net
Great
Buildings by Jacki Craven
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City
Review, Midtown
"Johnson/Burgee
devoted a great deal of their design efforts in many major
projects to fenestration experimentation. Here, they stressed
the tower's verticality by recessing the narrow windows
and their spandrels and omitting corner windows to let
the handsome and finely detailed pink granite
facade convey a powerful sense of monumentality."
- Carter B. Horsley
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