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This NYC contemporary arts centre strikes a balance between heritage and modernity

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Once a manufacturing factory, the landmarked five-storey cast-iron building sits on the corner of Canal and Wooster Street in NYC. - Courtesy of Worrell Yeung
. Now a contemporary arts centre for organization Canal Projects, the location embraces its essential historic elements. - Courtesy of Worrell Yeung
The entryway is a monumental vertical space clad in patinated bronze panels. - Courtesy of Worrell Yeung

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Design, Architecture
Structural Engineering
Silman
Lighting Design
Lighting Workshop
MEP Engineering
Jack Green Associates
Expediter/Code Consultant
Anzalone Architecture
Contractor
Hugo Construction
Floor Area
557 sq-m

An early 20th-century New York City building has been transformed into a flexible platform for a contemporary arts organization that retains the site’s heritage.

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