IBM Building

Height to roof: 184 meters
Date built: 1983
Use: Office
Location: 590 Madison Ave, NYC
Architecture: Edward Larrabee Barnes
 

This is a solid metal souvenir replica of the IBM Building in New York City. The height measures 3.9". The base of this cool paperweight is 1.25" square. On the front, the base reads in raised lettering, "IBM". On the right side, "184M". On the back, "NYC". And left side, "1983"

The IBM tower, 43 stories high, is a five-sided sheer prismatic form with gray-green glass and gray-green polished granite detailed in sleek flush planes. The appearance of the building changes when viewed from different directions-sometimes it will be a slab-like wall, sometimes a slender shaft, sometimes a tower cantilevering over the street corner.

At the corner of 57th Street and Madison Avenue the building steps back under the granite cantilever to create an entrance to the main lobby and an open area for the pedestrians.