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A Video Celebrating The School of Architecture's 154th End of Year Show

POSTED ON: September 2, 2014

At the close of the 2013-14 academic year, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture made a short video chronicling its part in the 154 year tradition of The Cooper Union’s annual End of Year Exhibition. The video provides a window into the end of the academic year at the School of Architecture from final reviews to the making of the annual exhibition of student work and commencement, celebrating what makes Architecture at Cooper so unique.

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