The plaque for Architects of the United Nations Headquarters is dedicated to the international team of architects under the direction of Wallace Harrison (USA).

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Architects of the United Nations Headquarters

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UNNY104G

The plaque for Architects of the United Nations Headquarters is dedicated to the international team of architects under the direction of Wallace Harrison (USA). This international committee of architects was called the United Nations Board of Design and was assembled in 1947 to execute the design of the buildings and the 18 acre campus. Architects from the founding nations came to New York to work in a collaborative, peaceful manner, rather than holding a typical architectural competition. Ten architects and numerous consultants started work on the plans for a new world headquarters in January 1947. The ten architects were N. D. Bassov (Soviet Union), Gaston Brunfaut (Belgium), Ernest Cormier (Canada), Charles Le Corbusier (France) Su-Ch’eng Liang (China), Sven Markelius (Sweden), Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil) Howard Robertson (United Kingdom), G. A. Soilleux (Australia), and Julio Vilamajo (Uruguay). The building was finished and occupied by the UN in 1952.