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Town House

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Architect:

Matthew Baird Design

 

Completion:

2005

 

Description:

This is the first ground-up building by Matthew Baird, an architect previously with Tod Williams Billie Tsien & Associates. A 40-foot high corten steel plate sets off the building from its West Village neighbors, gives it a scale much greater than its frontage and height, and references the nearby Meatpacking District.

 

Images:

 

Town House

 

Town House

 

Address:

Greenwich Street, between Horatio and Gansevoort

Manhattan, NY

 

Map/Directions/Info:

 

Town House map

 

The building is located on Greenwich Street, between Horatio and Gansevoort Streets in Manhattan's West Village/Meatpacking District.

 

Train: A,C,E,L to 8th Avenue.

 

Bus: Need bus info

 

Car: Being Manhattan, visiting by car isn't recommended.

 

This building is private, not open to the public.

 

Nearby:

173 176 Perry Street

Bohen Foundation

Carlos Miele Flagship Store

DVF Studio Headquarters

Gallery Building

IAC/InterActiveCorp HQ

Morimoto NYC

Porter House Condo

Yohji Yamamoto

 

Links:

Matthew Baird Design

New York Magazine

Architect's Newspaper

 

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