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The '''Modulightor Building''' is a commercial building in the [[Midtown East]] neighborhood of [[Manhattan]], New York City. It was designed by noted architect [[Paul Rudolph (architect)|Paul Rudolph]] and was built from 1989 to 1994.<ref name="NYT 2018">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/arts/design/paul-rudolph-beekman-center-for-architecture-modulightor.html|title=Paul Rudolph at 100: The Mischief Maker in a New Light|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 December 2018|last1=Farago|first1=Jason}}</ref><ref name="6sqft">
The fifth and sixth floor of the building were constructed from 2007 to 2015, in a project led by the original project manager using Rudolph's preliminary designs for a six-story building on the site.<ref name="6sqft"/>
The four-story building was constructed for Modulightor, a company that Rudolph co-founded to sell light fixtures. It has seen commercial and residential uses, and later housed a gallery on its top floors. The gallery exhibited "Paul Rudolph: The Personal Laboratory" in 2018.<ref name="NYT 2018"/><ref name="6sqft"/> The building currently holds Modulightor's fabrication center in the basement and on the first floor; the remaining spaces house the Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture and several duplexes. One of these duplexes is occupied by Ernst Wagner, the building's owner.<ref>
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