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550 Madison Avenue (also 550 Madison; formerly known as the Sony Tower, Sony Plaza, and AT&T Building) is a postmodern skyscraper on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee with associate architect Simmons Architects, the ...
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Jan 12, 2019 · Emerging bravely from the glassy sea of Madison Avenue skyscrapers in midtown Manhattan, the open pediment atop Philip Johnson and John Burgee ’s 1984 AT&T Building (now the Sony Tower)...
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Regarded as the first Postmodern skyscraper, the 37-storey building – designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee – featured a number of ornamental flourishes, from its granite cladding and...
Sep 26, 2023 · The tower's architect was Philip Johnson, who had championed the minimalist and functionalist aesthetics of the European avant garde as a curator at MoMA in the 1930s and had collaborated with Mies van der Rohe on the Seagram Building in the 1950s.
Jul 31, 2018 · It’s official: Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s postmodern Manhattan skyscraper 550 Madison, better known as the AT&T Building, is now a protected landmark.
Jan 12, 2018 · Plans to remodel Philip Johnson’s once-derided ‘grandfather clock’ have sparked uproar over the loss of a PoMo masterpiece. The AT&T Building, now known as 550 Madison Ave, with its ...
Mar 17, 2020 · Philip Johnson, the AT&T Building, and a fling with postmodernism. Here’s how the mercurial Mr. Johnson first launched, then abandoned a major 20th century architectural movement.
