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51 Astor Place

51 Astor Place is an office building on Astor Place in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was developed by Edward J. Minskoff Equities. It is the headquarters of IBM's IBM Watson Group division. Like neighboring building Astor Place Tower, the black glass building designed by Fumihiko Maki was controversial for its architectural style and nicknamed "The Death Star" by locals.

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Tokyo, Tokyo, United States

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Office building in Manhattan, New York

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Fumihiko Maki

1928-2024 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Fumihiko Maki was a Japanese architect. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. Maki died on 6 June 2024, at the age of 95.

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Maki and Associates

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Role: designer

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