UN Building  

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There is a nice little book on the interior, lovely colours and some interesting pseudo Barcelonas too.
That carpet is less than pleasing though.
http://www.amazon.com/The-U-N-Building-United-Nations/dp/0500342164

Agreed, I'm not sure about the carpet, it has a touch of the 1980's about it.

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It looks like someone wanted to reference the cieling, I think there is a youtube documentary too, Corbus tantrums included.

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The colors of the carpet are corresponding with the ceiling, the carpet is original.

The ceiling
colours are beautiful and immediately recognisable as Juhl's work.
The carpet colours are much more primary and ..well, garish.

Ah well I suppose we have an...
Ah well I suppose we have an eye for the the somber these days, that minty green would have looked good.

Looks like
the carpet company got the design brief by phone.

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I'd say carrier pigeon, but some quick googling says its the original design, if not the original carpet?

The carpet is beautiful
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the colours
look better in the second image!

Yes, Virginia, photographs
CAN lie. It's all about film, camera setting, and (particularly) lighting,.
I never saw this room. Did different architects do different parts of the complex ?

I'll have to agree to...
I'll have to agree to disagree with everyone on that carpet--I love it.

But..
Shouldn't the carpet match the drapes? Or?
Best,
Aunt Mark

SDR
I just read something about how architects from different countries did the main areas of the UN building, like Russian architects did one of the major meeting rooms.