https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3d83df07-df4e-4974-ab26-e80dfb888d56 This film (likely hosted by Arthur Drexler) chronicles the "Buildings for Business and Government" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, February 27-April 28, 1957. Original press release text: Six buildings commissioned by business and government will be shown at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, from February 26 through May 5 in an exhibition demonstrating the important role a new kind of patronage is playing in the current building program that is changing the face of our country and the face it presents abroad. Actual sections of walls of glazed brick, pierced tile, glass and aluminum, a suspended ceiling of aluminum discs and granite paving have been built in the Museum's galleries to show visitors the fine materials used in these buildings. Large models are accompanied by photographic murals to show the individual character of each building as fully as possible. Selected by Arthur Drexler, Director of the Museum's Department of Architecture and Design, Buildings for Business and Government illustrates a range of contemporary architectural problems and possibilities. The General Motors Technical Center in Detroit, designed by Eero Saarinen and Associates, and the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill are large, complex projects composed of several buildings on three and four hundred acre sites. The Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue by Mies van der Rone and Philip C. Johnson, and the Chase Manhattan Bank building in the Wall Street area by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are being built in two of the most famous and crowded areas in the world, where space is the most valuable commodity. The St. Louis Air Terminal by Holimuth, Yamasaki and Leinweber must fit today's needs and yet be easily expanded for tomorrow's traffic and population. The US Embassy in New Delhi by Edward Stone is an example of the excellent work being done abroad by the government where architecture is an important representative of America. Mr. Drexler says: Business and government alike are rediscovering the rewards of fine building, and the results can be seen not only in individual works of great beauty but in a generally higher standard of excellence....The United States no longer demands that major government commissions be executed in antique styles. Embassies being built abroad by the State Department, as part of a program which began in 1956, and the new Academy for the United States Air Force, look like what they are: modern American buildings. Business organizations are now undertaking building programs that deliberately exceed strict utilitarian limits. Happily our buildings are beginning to benefit from the attention to material, craftsmanship, and detail lavished on the automobile and other industrial products. Today's most valuable material, however, is space. In the present condition of our cities the use to which land is put is a decisive factor in architectural quality. Releasing part of a site so that it may be used as open space allows light and air to penetrate narrow streets, and makes it possible to see the buildings--a consideration of some importance if we are to have architecture at all. The concern with esthetic and social values shown by government and business through these buildings is not in itself new. It denotes rather a shift in emphasis clients are becoming patrons." We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqI6dMCrxQ Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:11:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3d83df07-df4e-4974-ab26-e80dfb888d56 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.