Architect:

Morphosis

Completion:

2009

Description:

This Cooper Union academic building (officially called only "41 Cooper Square") is the first building in New York City by Morphosis. It features a perforated, stainless steel skin with operable panels, one of many energy-saving features of its LEED Gold-standard design. The true wall of windows can be seen behind the skin. A cut-out through the Third Avenue facade creates a dramatic feature from the street, and hints at the internal atrium that the architects describe as a "vertical piazza." (At the time this writer visited on a Sunday, just as the building had opened, a Cooper Union ID was required to get to the atrium, but it should be well worth seeing if that policy changes or is different during the week.)

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Address:

41 Cooper Square

New York, NY 10003

Map/Directions/Info:

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The building is located on 3rd Avenue between East 6th and 7th Streets in Manhattan's East Village.

Train: 6 to Astor Place 

Bus: Need bus info

Car: Need car info

Nearby:

Cooper Square Hotel

Ini Ani Coffee Shop

Storefront for Art and Architecture

Other buildings by architect:

Graduate House

Links:

Cooper Union Builds

Morphosis Architects