This building was designed by architect Mies Van Der Rohe and constructed in 1957 as a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The Seagram building has a stone lobby that compliments the glass and bronze outside features. At the time of it’s completion the Seagram building was regarded as the most expensive skyscraper ever built with a $41 million construction cost. The building represents the desire for elegance and beauty of taller buildings and the welcoming invitation to congregate around the building in a plaza located in front of the Seagram building. This building has been recognized as an official landmark by the state of New York. Mies Van Der Rohe was regarded as a unique architect as he never actually attended any design school yet he directed a school himself.