A New Classic for NY: 41 Cooper Square

Thom Mayne's Design of 41 Cooper Square
Iwan Baan

Outside the Box
The Cooper Union is a tuition-free institution of higher learning located in Manhattan's East Village. Its spectacular new building for classrooms, laboratories and offices was designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis, an architectural firm based in Santa Monica, Calif.

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