John F. Kennedy Federal Building

"Walter Gropius and Norman C. Fletcher of The Architects Collaborative with Samuel Glaser (1966) Prior to construction of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, it was rare for the federal government to fully embrace modern architecture. And that’s what makes the JFK building so remarkable. Designed by Walter Gropius, the German founder of the Bauhaus school, the building is a true modern marvel. He worked under the firm The Architects Collaborative (TAC) along with his assistant, Samuel Glaser, to craft two 26-story towers, anchored by a much lower four-story building. Gropius’ Bauhaus ideals, which laid the basis for modern and International design, can be easily glimpsed in the JFK building. Its steel, glass, and concrete towers are sleek, refined, and minimally ornamented. The staggered towers make a statement of simplified design, rather than taking cues from their surroundings."