FROM THE ARCHIVES: Lever House by Raymond Loewy, NY

New York, NY by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill

Interior design: Raymond Loewy Associates

Lever House was built by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1952, with interior design by Raymond Loewy Associates. It was built and named for the Lever Brothers Company, a soap company that was an American subsidiary of Unilever. Lever House contains the equivalent of 24 stories, including 21 usable office stories and a triple-height mechanical space.