Fuller Building
- Architect
- Walker & Gillette
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Manhattan, NY
- Collection
- ralph walker’s deco
The Fuller Building, at 41 East 57th Street, is a 40-story Art Deco skyscraper designed by Walker & Gillette and erected between 1928 and 1929. It is named for its original main occupant, the Fuller Construction Company, which relocated from the Flatiron Building.
the building
Black granite base. The lowest six stories are clad in black granite with large display windows for stores and art galleries, while the triple-height main entrance is decorated with architectural sculpture by Elie Nadelman.
Setback massing. The tower contains numerous setbacks as mandated by the 1916 Zoning Resolution, with the upper stories clad in light cast stone and smaller windows above the granite base.
the style
Walker & Gillette's Art Deco design paired a dark stone base with lighter upper stories, using the zoning-driven setbacks as an organizing feature of the composition.
More on Art Decothe architect
Walker & Gillette designed the Fuller Building as part of the artistic hub that occupied East 57th Street in the early 20th century, where the building itself housed art galleries alongside offices.
significance
The Fuller Building was designated a NYC Individual Landmark (LP-01460) on March 18, 1986.
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