IBM Building, New York City

Former Worldwide Headquarters of IBM The IBM Building is a skyscraper located at 590 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York it was the former worldwide headquarters of IBM. The building was completed in 1983 and designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. Its structure is gray-green polished granite and is located on the corner of 57th street on Madison Avenue. Most notable about the building is its artistic design, the building has an atrium atta... more

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Edward Larrabee Barnes

Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was a prolific American architect. Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Helen Ayer, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for...
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