41 Cooper Square
Opened in 2009, 41 Cooper Square serves as an academic building for The Cooper Union. Architect Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis designed the building with the environment as their main priority. Students get to study in LEED Platinum status classrooms, laboratories, studios, and much more. Fun fact: 41 Cooper Square is the first academic building in NYC to even achieve LEED Platinum status!
Where: East Village
Third Avenue between 6th & 7th Streets
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