Main entry:

Samuels, Gertrude.

Title & Author:

What kind of capitol for the U.N.? / Gertrude Samuels.

Description:

pages 9-11, 55-57, 59 : illustrations, portrait ; 35 cm

Notes:
Article discussing the planning and construction of the United Nations Headquarters, based on interviews with architects of the United Nations Headquarters Planning Board and talks with many other architects.
Includes quotations from Wallace K. Harrison, Le Corbusier, Nikolai D. Bassov, Oscar Neimeyer, Ssu-Ch'eng Liang, William Adams Delano, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Conceptual ill. by A. Leydenfrost.

Subject:

United Nations Headquarters (New York, N.Y.)
United Nations Buildings.
United Nations
Buildings
Architecture (object genre) United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.
International organization Buildings United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.
Corporate headquarters United States New York (State) New York 1940-1950.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Interviews.

Host item:

New York times magazine April 20, 1947

Added entries:

Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Bossov, Nikolai D.
Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-2012.
Liang, Sicheng, 1901-1972.
Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Leydenfrost, A.
United Nations Headquarters Planning Board.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 244866
Call No.: NA4184.U5 1947
Status: Available