Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft
Portrait of Gordon Bunshaft c. April 1958
Born	(1909-05-09)May 9, 1909 Buffalo, New York, US
Died	August 6, 1990(1990-08-06) (aged 81) New York City, US
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BA, MA)
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Nina Wayler ​ (m. 1943)​
Awards	American Institute of Architects Twenty-five Year Award, elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Pritzker Architecture Prize
Practice	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Buildings	Lever House, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Gordon Bunshaft FAIA (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990) was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft 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 (Marine Midland Grace Trust Co.), and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Branch Bank in New York. (The last was the first post-war "transparent" bank on the East Coast.)^[1]