CBS headquarters NY, 1964-Present
EXTENSION OF THE SIDEWALK The CBS headquarters in New york is located on the corner of 52nd street and 6th avenue. The building was designed by american - Finnish architect Eero Saarinen and was completed in 1964. Eero Saarinen worked under his father which was also an architect until he won a competition in which he designed the Mississippi arch. This competition allowed him to move from under his father and brought him some fame. He was a modernist architect that designed a variety of building. When given the contract to build the headquarters for CBS in New york it was the height of steel cage office buildings, however Saarinen built the city’s first post war concrete building . During this time steel and glass had become popular. Many buildings tried to be transparent and show both the function and structure of the building.He wanted to move away from glass and have a dense, strong feeling rather than a light transparent structure. The skyscraper is 38 stories tall and made...