Gordon Bunshaft
An SOM modernist who led projects including Lever House and Beinecke Library.
He worked across corporate offices and monumental cultural institutions.
He established an early model of the curtain-wall tower.
The luminous stone envelope of Beinecke addresses preservation and display.
He was a practice-oriented master of postwar American modernism.
His work reflects a studio model built on teams and engineering collaboration.
