Cooper Union; 41 Cooper Square (New York, NY) : Pilotis running along base of building; building has street-level retail spaces
- 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-A20
- 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:
- 10473264
- PID:
- digcoll:1818581