The world’s first glass skyscraper — the UN Building in New York

Fun fact about the UN building in New York: it’s considered the very first glass skyscraper in the world, where most of the façade is made entirely of glass. Even though a star-studded team of architects worked on it (Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier, Wallace Harrison, and others), it was Le Corbusier who managed to turn … Continue reading The world’s first glass skyscraper — the UN Building in New York