Exhibition Opening: Architecture At Cooper 1859-2009

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

architecture-at-cooperInstitute board member and Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union Anthony Vidler invites you to Architecture at Cooper 1859-2009 at the The Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, The Cooper Union, on view from October 23rd to December 4th, 2009. The opening reception is Friday, 23 October, from 6-8 PM;Architecture at Cooper 1859-2009 traces the successive transformations of Cooper Union’s architecture, beginning with its landmarked, 19th century brownstone Foundation Building designed by Frederick Petersen — to its new academic building at 41 Cooper Square designed by Thom Mayne, Institute board member.

For more information: 212-353-4220, architecture@cooper.edu

NEW YORK \ 2030, The Cooper Union Great Hall, New York

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

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The Institute hosted the NEW YORK \ 2030 symposium at the Great Hall of The Cooper Union. Changing the Institute tradition of fellows-only symposiums, we hosted a very succesful public day-long event with the authors of PlaNYC and a panel of experts who discussed Mayor Bloomberg’s plans for a more sustainable New York City by 2030.  More