LEVER HOUSE
New York, California, United States
RETROFIT
ORIGINAL
Lever House
Lever House / Andrea Martinez
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
2001
Office
307 ft94 m
24
290,270 ft226,967 m2
Re-Clad
  • Curtainwall

OTHER SYSTEMS INCLUDED IN THE RETROFIT

EXTENT OF THE FACADE INTERVENTION
  • Original facade was replaced with a new one

DESCRIPTION
The Lever House is an office building in New York, USA. The building, originally built in 1961, underwent a facade retrofit in 2008. The retrofit involved mainly a replacement of the steel sub-frame for concealed aluminum glazing channels, which was identical to the original in appearance. All rusted mullions and caps were replaced with new and identical stainless steel mullions and caps. All glass was removed for new panes that are nearly identical to the original and were code compliant.
OWNER
Unilever


DEVELOPER


DESIGN ARCHITECT


EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT


ENGINEER


CONSTRUCTION MANAGER


GENERAL CONTRACTOR


FACADE CONSULTANT


FACADE CONTRACTOR


OTHER CONSULTANT/CONTRIBUTOR
1952
307 ft94 m
24
290,270 ft226,967 m2


ORIGINAL FACADE DESIGN


DESCRIPTION
The Lever House is an office building in New York, USA. The building, originally built in 1961, underwent a facade retrofit in 2008. The retrofit involved mainly a replacement of the steel sub-frame for concealed aluminum glazing channels, which was identical to the original in appearance. All rusted mullions and caps were replaced with new and identical stainless steel mullions and caps. All glass was removed for new panes that are nearly identical to the original and were code compliant.