Lipstick Building
Paths outward
- Location
- New York City, United States
- Year
- 1986
- Typology
- Office
- Materials
- Glass, Metal cladding, Steel
- Context
- Modernism, Postmodernism
- Map
- Open location
The Lipstick Building, also known as 885 Third Avenue and 53rd at Third, is a 453-foot-tall (138 m) office building at Third Avenue between 53rd Street and 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. It was completed in 1986 and has 34 floors. The building was designed by John Burgee and Philip Johnson for Hines Interests and was developer Gerald D. Hines's first project in New York City. The building's nickname is derived from its shape and color, which resemble those of a lipstick tube.
