The new academic building for the Cooper Union college was designed by Morphosis is located in located in New York, United States. The building will house the Albert Nerken School of Engineering and other departments, including the art and architecture schools. The honourable duty of designing the new home for the next generation of artists, engineers and architects was bestowed upon Thom Mayne of Morphosis when he was chosen from 150 architects vying for the new Cooper Union building. Now nearing completion on New York’s 3rd Avenue, these exclusive first look images reveal the design is fit for inspiration.

The Cooper Union is one of the United States oldest higher education facilities, founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper. Now, 150 years later, the new building is designed to reflect Cooper’s fundamental belief that education of the highest quality should be as ‘free as air and water’ and should be available to all who qualify, independent of race, religion, gender or social status. Manifesting this spirit of integration and equality in physical form, the design creates an open space, within which each department can merge into the next and interaction is encouraged through design.

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