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Was Gordon Bunshaft credited with the first glass curtain-wall skyscraper in New York City?

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As chief designer for the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , Bunshaft was responsible for Lever House, New York City's first glass curtain-wall skyscraper (1952), which has been widely imitated.

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