the main building where I hope to attend in the near future :)

The construction of Cooper Union's landmark Foundation Building, designed by Frederick A. Peterson, was begun in 1853 and completed six years later. A forerunner of the modern skyscraper, it was one of the first buildings in New York to be supported by rolled wrought iron beams, which were developed by Peter Cooper and produced in his own ironworks in Trenton, New Jersey. In addition to its structural innovations, the building won immediate recognition for its round elevator shaft, Italianate brownstone exterior and basement auditorium -- The Great Hall -- which was cooled by an imaginative ventilation system.

The building was originally five stories and flat-topped; later alterations would include skylights and additional floors. A major renovation, completed in 1974, dramatically altered the interior of the building while leaving the façade largely unchanged. Designed by architect John Hejduk, the first dean of Cooper Union's Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the renovation was praised by Ada Louise Huxtable of The New York Times as "the best of both worlds. Its 'Renaissance' shell is intact. And the clarity and detail of the consciously sophisticated modernism of the interiors speaks of the creative continuity of history and art." the article is from Cooper Union Library.

http://www.trussel.com/cooper/cu11.jpg
quite interesting

http://www.sitebits.com/newyork/images/photo/cooper_union.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/PICT0129.jpg

http://www.cooper.edu/city.jpg

http://home.flash.net/~ral1/starbucks/bigimages/DSCN3423.jpg

http://www.socialistscholars.org/site_images/building.jpg

http://www.sugarpoet.com/photos/More_NYC/images/cooper_union.jpg

http://hnorthrop.com/photo_day/2004/march/0317.jpg

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/PICT0148.jpg


i give it a 10!

6.5/10. Its not tall, but its got some cool architecture.

Ugly but historic. I hate the interior too. 5.

have you ever been inside?

6/10!

The original building is very beautiful,but the additional floors built in the 70's are not so good...
8/10

8/10

well, it's really historic

i give a big 8 ;]

7/10

wow this is REALLY old thread lol

8/10

looks quite nice

quite pretty

8,5/10

8.5/10

quite austere but interesting building for know the american architecture is that days

6/10

6/10

Not ugly but not nice either. 7/10

7/10

8/10

7,5/10

6/10

8/10 - Does it have a landmark status? If not, then it should.

5/10

Poll fixed. ;)

8/10

7/10

7,5/10

8.5/10

8. Good. Regards.

9.5/10

8/10

7,5/10

8/10