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Public Contribution in
High-Rise Building Design
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@ New York City
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IBM Building
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| Address: 590 Madison Ave | ||
| Architect: Edward Larrabee Barnes Assoc. | ||
| Background | ||
| was built in 1983 for the IBM data processor company. | ||
| The company had, in fact, already had activity at the same address, such as housing a showroom for its "business machines", designed by Eliot Noyes in 1955. | ||
| 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. | ||
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| The entrance to the lobby is through the north-east corner that has been sliced off diagonally as a cantilevered structure, with the corner of the building looming overhead. The slice-off has cost approx. $10 million to realize structurally. The granite paving on the outside extends to the lobby itself. | ||
| The building incorporates the Garden Plaza, connecting the building with the neighbouring Trump Tower. The spacious, 930 mē 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 have been removed to make room for contemporary art installations. | ||
| The building also originally had the IBM Gallery of Arts & Sciences, a museum and art performance and exhibition room next to the lobby, but the gallery has now been closed. | ||
| After IBM's vacation, the building has been owned by the developer Edward J. Minskoff. | ||
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