The Sony Building, formerly the AT&T Building, is a 37-story highrise in Manhattan, on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th streets. A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York It was designed by architect Philip Johnson and his less famous partner John Burgee, and was constructed in 1984. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8 1906&ndash January 25 2005 was an influential American Architect. John Burgee is an American Architect important in Postmodern architecture. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) It became immediately controversial for its ornamental top (sometimes mocked as the "Chippendale pediment," after the famous English furniture manufacturer whose couches sported a similar design) and spectacular arched entranceway, measuring about seven stories in height. Thomas Chippendale ( Otley, near Leeds baptised - November 1779 was a London Cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian With these ornamental additions, the building challenged architectural modernism's demand for stark functionalism and purely efficient design. This article is concerned with architectural aspects of Modernism; for the most recent developments in architecture see Contemporary architecture. For this it is considered by many critics to be a prime exemplar of postmodern architecture. Postmodern architecture was an international style whose first examples are generally cited as being from the 1950s and which continues to influence present-day Architecture
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