Upcoming Events and Exhibitions

The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

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Exhibition | Confronting Carbon Form

Curated by Stanley Cho, Elisa Iturbe, and Alican Taylan, this exhibition is dedicated to the study of carbon form.

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Exhibition | Posters from the Exhibitions Collection

A Third Floor Hallway Gallery show of posters drawn from the Architecture Archive's exhibitions collection.

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  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.