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United Nations Secretariat
United Nations Secretariat, New York
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Quick Facts
City  New York
Country  USA
Year  1947 - 1950
Height  165,8m / 544ft
Floors  39
Realisation
Architect  Wallace K. Harrison
Building Info
Name  United Nations Secretariat
Category  Office Building
Materials  blue-green glass
marble
Address  First Avenue and East 42nd Street
Notes
The secretariat is the main building of the UN Headquarters complex.
The secretariat was finished in 1950, the whole complex in 1952.
The complex was designed by a committee of 10 architects, the United Nations board of Design.
The land for the complex was bought by John D. Rockefeller jr. and donated to New York City in 1946.
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