Cooper Union’s goal to build an iconic, green academic building is fully realized in Thom Mayes’ stunning new structure at 41 Cooper Square.
The $150 million, nine-story facility features a double skin façade with a sculpted layer of perforated stainless steel wrapped around a glass and aluminum window wall. Inside a 20-ft. wide grand staircase surrounded by an undulating lattice ascends four stories through a sky-lit atrium.