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The Endo Pharmaceuticals Building also known as “Endo Laboratories” is a pharmaceutical plant designed by architect Paul Rudolph in 1962 in the receding farmlands of Long Island’s Nassau County, New York. The “castle-like structure” was built to house the Endo Pharmaceuticals research, manufacturing and administration facilities. It still stands today as an example of post World War II American architecture in the Brutalist style.〔Castle-Like, "Turreted, Castle-Like Structure to Be a Laboratory on Long Island",''The New York Times'', November 4, 1962, , Section: Real Estate, Page R11.〕 ==History== The construction of the Endo Laboratories building began in 1962 and was completed in 1964. At the time, the fortress like appearance of this building was the cause of great controversy in local government of Garden City and public opinion. The Long Island State Parks Commission was even accused of trying to conceal it. Despite all this debate, architects from all over the world looked at this building and a 1964 article in the New York Times hailed it as one of the best commercial buildings in the New York Area.〔Ada Louise Huxtable,"But the Endo Center Stand Triumphant Amid Controversy",''The New York Times'', September 20, 1964, Section: Real Estate, Pages R1, R14.〕〔 Originally known as Endo Chemicals, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. was founded by the five Ushkow brothers in 1920. The family owned business grew and was in the business of manufacturing such well known medications as Percocet and Acetaminophen.〔 Paul Rudolph received the Endo pharmaceuticals commission as a result of his widely popularized success with the Yale School of architecture.〔David Jacobs, "The Rudolph Style: Unpredictable",''The New York Times'', The New York Times Magazine, March 26, 1967, Page 226.〕 The marketing benefits of hiring a well known architect and using an iconic building to establish a corporate identity was not something that was lost on Joseph Ushkow and the executive staff of Endo Pharmaceuticals. They were very pleased with Rudolph’s design and seem to be quite confident of its architectural significance.〔〔 Once construction was complete in 1964 the company relocated from its facility in Richmond Hill, Queens to its state-of-the-art facility located in Garden City, Long Island.〔made in queens, "INDUSTRIAL DEAL MADE IN QUEENS; Endo Laboratories Plant in Richmond Hill Taken",''The New York Times'', December 22, 1964, Tuesday, Section: BUSINESS FINANCIAL, Page 49.〕 Later that year the Concrete Industry Board awarded it the "conventional honor" of "Concrete Building of the year" on Nov. 16, 1964.〔 In 1969 Endo Pharmaceuticals was acquired by DuPont and the family-run business became a wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont but still under the name of Endo Pharmaceuticals until 1984. In 1997 DuPont sold certain pharmaceutical products, related rights, and assets and the new owners started business again under the Endo name. Metropolitan Reality Associated LLC bought the deteriorating Endo Pharmaceuticals building in 2005 and completed an award winning renovation in 2007. Unlike some of Paul Rudolph's works struggling for existence, his creation at 1000 Endo Boulevard is now fully occupied with new clients and houses the headquarters for Lifetime Brands.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Endo Pharmaceuticals Building」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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