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THE COOPER UNION
THE COOPER UNION ACADEMIC BUILDING
SIGN PROGRAM
New York, New York, USA
Pentagram (est. 1972), Designers
New York, New York, USA
Morphosis (est. 1972), Architects
Santa Monica, California, USA
2010
The sign program for the Cooper Union’s new
175,000 ) square foot (16,258 sq m) academic
building on Cooper Square in New York City’s
East Village, is an essential and fully integrated
component of the building’s innovative and
dynamic architecture, designed by Pritzker
Prize–winning architect Thom Mayne (b. 1944)
of Morphosis (est. 1972).
Designed by Abbott Miller (b. 1963) of
Pentagram (est. 1972), typography throughout
the program ...