white brick building

{{Infobox art movement

| name = White brick building

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|photo1a=Sutton_House_Manhattan.jpg

|photo1b=Manhattan_House_Apartments_Feb_2023_32.jpg

| size = 400

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| caption = From left to right:
Sutton House, by Kokkins and Lyras (1956)
Manhattan House, by Bunshaft, Mayer and Whittlesey (1951)

| yearsactive = 1950s–1970s

| country = New York City

| major figures = Gordon Bunshaft, Albert Mayer, Julian Whittlesey, John M. Kokkins and Stephen C. Lyras

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White brick buildings became common in New York City during the 1950s (and are therefore considered to be part of the modernist movement), even though they were not totally unknown to the city before that, as the 1907 Plaza Hotel shows.{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Christopher |title=New Respect for White Brick Buildings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/realestate/25scap.html?searchResultPosition=1 |publisher=New York Times |access-date=24 July 2024}} That said, between the 1950s and 1970s, around 140 white brick apartments were built in the city, defining a lot of its post-war character.{{cite news |last1=KAUFMAN |first1=JOANNE |title=Seeing White Brick Buildings in a New Light |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/realestate/16cov.html |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=New York Times}}

Since 2008, white brick buildings became recognized as an important element in New York, with the requirement of the first landmark restoration of such as building: the 1960 co-op at 900 Fifth Avenue.

As white brick buildings age, they are considered to require higher maintenance than other construction styles.{{cite news |last1=Cardwell |first1=Diane |title=Covered in White Brick, and Showing Their Age |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/nyregion/white-brick-buildings-begin-to-show-their-age.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss |access-date=24 July 2024 |work=New York |date=3 Oct 2011}}