Cooper Union; 41 Cooper Square (New York, NY) : Cooper Square façade looking up at irregular shaped window cutout

Creator:

Mayne, Thom, 1944-

Published/Created:

New York, New York, United States
41 Cooper Square (Third Avenue between East 6th and East 7th streets); Manhattan, East Village
2006-2009

Physical Description:

175,000 ft2 (area)

Materials:

concrete; glass; aluminum; stainless steel cladding

Notes:

The Cooper Union's 41 Cooper Square, designed by architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis, is the newest addition to the campus. The building, originally known as the New Academic Building, stands on the site where the School of Art Hewitt Building was located. The nine-story academic center houses the Albert Nerken School of Engineering with additional spaces for the humanities, art and architecture departments. There is also an exhibition gallery and auditorium for public programs and retail space on the ground level. It achieved a LEED Platinum rating, the first for an institutional building in New York City. The operable perforated stainless steel skin is offset from the glass but still attached to the main frame. This custom facade by Zahner is densely perforated except in certain rectangular areas, so that the visual effect is a series of rectangles shapes scattered across the surface of the facade. There is a green roof.

Variant Titles:

Cooper Union; New Academic Building

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Contemporary
Twenty-first century

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A2-US-NY-CU-A8

Coordinates:

+40.728472-73.990278

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
educational centers (buildings) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

building divisions; rooms and spaces; classrooms; buildings; schools (buildings); colleges architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); engineering and industrial design; manufacturing; Green roofs (Gardening); Sustainable buildings

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10473281

PID:

digcoll:1815723