Fact Sheet: United Nations Headquarters
Lay-out:
Consists of four main buildings: the Secretariat, the General Assembly, Conference Area (including Council Chambers) and the Library.
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Secretariat Building:
The tallest of the group, consists of 39 storeys above ground and three storeys underground. The exterior facings of the 550-foot tall Secretariat Building are made exclusively of aluminum, glass and marble. Wide areas of green-tinted glass are unbroken by conventional setbacks. In contrast, the windowless north and south facades of the building are faced with 2,000 tons of Vermont marble.
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Designers:
Wallace K. Harrison of the United States (chief architect); Members: Nikolai G. Bassov (Soviet Union), Gaston Brunfaut (Belgium), Ernest Cormier (Canada), Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier (France), Liang Seu-Cheng (China), Sven Markelius (Sweden), Oscar Niemayer (Brazil), Sir Howard Robertson (United Kingdom), G. A. Soilleux (Australia) and Julio Vilamajo (Uruguay).
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