In its striking curtain wall of glass and modernist steel columns, Gordon Bunshaft’s International-style design for the Lever House — cocreated with Natalie de Blois — garnered widespread acclaim. The Pritzker Prize-winner was a legendary American architect, and his influence can be found today in city skylines all over the world.
Bunshaft studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before undertaking fellowships in Europe and North Africa. In 1937, he joined New York City architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill where he worked until his retirement in 1979.
Bunshaft shared the same interest in modernist furniture as Florence Knoll, an architect and furniture designer who had a subtle but profound influence on the course of mid-century American modernism and who helped make Knoll Inc. a leading firm in its field. Bunshaft recommended that Knoll be placed in charge of interiors when, while at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he designed the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company’s headquarters in the mid-1950s.
Bunshaft’s projects drew heavily on the pioneering architectural work of Le Corbusier as well as Mies van der Rohe, an iconic furniture designer and fellow proponent of modernist architecture.
Celebrated architectural marvels created by Bunshaft include the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library for Yale University and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Research Building for the University of Texas. Completed in 1974, Bunshaft designed the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and finished the National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 1983. The National Commercial Bank was his last project.
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1974 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Steel and Glass Side Table
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a steel and glass side table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important architectur...
Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen Stainless Steel Side Table with Glass Top
By Gordon Bunshaft, Davis Allen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Glass and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important archi...
Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Stainless Steel Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-72, designed and produced in 1966 by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill L...
Marble, Steel
1960s Attributed to Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen of SOM Steel Side/End Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a 1960s Square Wood and Steel Side Table, attributed to Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM). The base is composed of stainless steel and th...
Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft & Davis Allen for Marble & TA-39 Stainless Steel Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, Model TA-39, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is ...
Marble, Steel
1966 Gordon Bunshaft and Davis Allen for SOM Marble & Stainless Steel Side Table
By Davis Allen, Gordon Bunshaft
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Marble and Stainless Steel Side Table, designed by Davis Allen and Gordon Bunshaft as part of SOM Design. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. was and still is an important ...
Marble, Steel
Mid Century Modern Brushed Metal Glass Top Milo Baughman Style Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Mid Century Modern Rectangular Brushed Metal Glass Top Milo Baughman Style Si...
Metal
Mies Van der Rohe MR Side Table, Steel & Glass, Mid-Century Modern
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful MR side table by Mies Van der Rohe for Knoll. We believe these were produced sometime in the 80s or 90s. They are in good vintage condition with some minor pitting to the...
Steel
Lucite Aluminum Base Glass Top Mid-Century Modern Studio Made Side Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Lucite aluminum and glass lamp side occasional end table. Pace collection Milo Baughman style.
Aluminum
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Chrome Rectangular Glass Top Occasional Side Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mid Century Modern Sculptural Chrome Rectangular Glass Top Occasional Side Table. Item features a sculptural chrome base, thick rectangular glass top, clean modernist lines, great st...
Chrome
Chrome and glass side table in the manner of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Nice chrome and glass coffee table that can be used as a small coffee table or side table. This table is in the manner of Milo Baughman and is in nice vintage condition. I have a lar...
Chrome
1980's Custom Made Brushed Stainless Steel & Clear Glass Rectangular Side Table
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Stunning and elegant 1980s custom-made brushed stainless steel & clear glass rectangular side occasional table, can be used as a coffee table. Attributed to the Berbeda collection de...
Stainless Steel
