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Popular As |
Gordon Bunshaft |
Occupation |
Architect |
Age |
111 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
Born |
May 9, 1909 (New York) |
Birthday |
May 9 |
Town/City |
New York |
Nationality |
New York |
🌙 Zodiac
Gordon Bunshaft’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Gordon Bunshaft was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
About
Proponent of modern architecture and partner in the firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, where he was hired in 1937; he would spend over 40 years at the firm, during which time he would design the Lever House, Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Before Fame
He received Bachelor's and Master's degrees from MIT. He was awarded a Rotch Traveling Scholarship that enabled him to travel Europe from 1935 until 1937, where he was mentored by Edward Durell Stone and Raymond Loewy.
Trivia
He was awarded the 1980 American Institute of Architects' 25-Year Award for the Lever House and the 1988 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Family Life
His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who were residing in Buffalo, New York, when he was born.
Associated With
He only designed one single-family residence, the Travertine House, in which his family resided; it would later be purchased in 1995 by Martha Stewart.
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