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The Foundation Building opened in 1859 and marked the creation of The Cooper Union. The building—today a New York City landmark—quickly became a common meeting place for intellectuals, inventors, tinkerers, and people from across the social strata.
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The Great Hall of The Cooper Union, located in The...
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Nov 12, 2009 · 41 Cooper Square, the new academic building for The Cooper Union, aspires to manifest the character, culture and vibrancy of both the 150 year-old institution and of the city in which it was...
The first academic building to achieve the LEED Platinum status, 41 Cooper Square—designed by the architecture firm Morphosis—provides all students of The Cooper Union with access to state-of-the-art tools for pursuing creative, original research and design in the course of their learning.
This aggregation of progressive green building initiatives combines with the building’s social spaces and urban connectivity to support Cooper Union in advancing its legacy of innovative ideas, cross-disciplinary knowledge, and creative practices well into the future.
The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. At 555 feet 5 inches (169.29 m) it was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1927 to 1974, and remains the second-tallest today.
Nov 12, 2016 · This is the Cooper Union Foundation building located in Cooper Square, East Village. In 1853, Peter Cooper (1791-1883) presented a blueprint for The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art which included a curious addition that had never been seen before: an elevator shaft.
Apr 20, 2020 · The Cooper Union's Foundation Building in Lower Manhattan was completed in 1859. This large six-story brownstone building of Anglo-Italianate style featuring heavy, ornate, round-arched windows was the first building in the world that was designed to accommodate an elevator—four years before such an invention became available for ...
