The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965. w.wiki/EBiE‹›
Kips Bay Towers

I. M. Pei

Exterior · New York City, United States · 1965

Photo: Paul Lowry · 2025-04-29 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2868×4080

The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965. w.wiki/EBiE

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