The architect Victor Bisharat, born In Salt, Jordan, in 1920, was responsible for many of the corporate buildings in Stamford, Connecticut, including the headquarters of G.T.E. (General Telephone and Electronics Corporation), completed in 1973.The building was the first owner-occupied corporate headquarters to be built in Stamford during a period in which the city experienced rapid growth. In 1999, the building was bought by the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, which occupied it as its headquarters until it filed for bankruptcy in September 2019. Purdue Pharma, principally owned by the Sackler family, has recently been the focus of intense criticism and legal action over its marketing and sale of Oxycontin, a drug that is linked to the United States' current opioid crisis. While the Sacklers are known internationally for their philanthropy, many arts and educational institutions around the world have been urged to sever ties with the family. An inverted ziggurat, the design upends the conventional aesthetic and structural logic of buildings that diminish in scale as they ascend.
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机译：建筑师Victor Bisharat于1920年出生于约旦的萨尔特，负责康涅狄格州斯坦福德的许多公司建筑，包括G.T.E的总部。通用电话和电子公司（General Telephone and Electronics Corporation）于1973年完工。这座建筑是斯坦福市经历快速发展的时期内在斯坦福建造的第一家自用公司总部。 1999年，该建筑物被制药公司Purdue Pharma收购，该建筑物一直被其总部用作总部，直到2019年9月申请破产。PurduePharma主要由Sackler家族所有，最近一直是激烈的批评和法律诉讼的焦点关于奥施康定（Oxycontin）的营销活动，奥施康定与美国目前的阿片类药物危机有关。萨克勒人（Sacklers）因其慈善事业而享誉国际，但仍敦促世界各地的许多艺术和教育机构与家庭断绝联系。倒置的锯齿形设计颠倒了建筑物的传统美学和结构逻辑，这些逻辑随着规模的增加而缩小。
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