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Housing · Brutalism

Kips Bay Towers

I. M. Pei & S. J. Kessler · New York, United States · 1965

Key featuresTwo 20-storey Brutalist towers with 1,118 units across three blocks, built as middle-income rental housing.

Architect
I. M. Pei & S. J. Kessler
Place
New York, United States
Year
1965
Typology
Housing
Movement
Brutalism
Region
Americas
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