Lever House
Commercial office design was forever changed with Lever House’s completion in 1952. The building’s influence would be felt throughout New York and virtually every major American city. Few had seen anything like it: in a city characterized by masonry and brick, the blue-green glass and stainless steel facade completely reimagined how an office building could look and feel. By day, the facade shined in the sun, and by night, the building beamed like a lantern, offering views to the light-filled offices inside. With its two intersecting masses – a two-story horizontal base with a large public plaza, and a 22-floor vertical slab set perpendicular to Park Avenue – SOM’s design also created a new relationship between the office building and the public realm.
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