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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>{{cite news|last=Gallow|first=Lauren|date=September 2021|title=The Modulightor Building |url=https://readcereal.com/modulightor/|work=Cereal Magazine|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>

The building was designated as a landmark by the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite press release |date=19 December 2023 |url=https://www.nyc.gov/site/lpc/about/pr2023/lpc-designates-two-modern-buildings-as-individual-landmarks-10131219.page |title=LPC Designates Two Modern Buildings as Individual Landmarks |publisher=New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission |access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> In 2024, the penthouse was nominated for interior landmark status.,<ref>{{cite web | last=Levingston | first=Miranda | title=The Inside Of This UES Apartment Could Be NYC's Next Landmark | website=Upper East Side, NY Patch | date=December 12, 2024 | url=https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/inside-ues-apartment-could-be-nycs-next-landmark | access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ginsburg | first=Aaron | title=The duplex apartment in Paul Rudolph's Modulightor Building may be landmarked | website=6sqft | date=December 12, 2024 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/the-duplex-apartment-in-paul-rudolphs-modulightor-building-may-be-landmarked/ | access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref> which it received on May 6, 2025.<ref>{{cite web | last=Barron | first=James | title=A Landmark Celebrates an Architect Many Have Forgotten | website=The New York Times | date=May 7, 2025 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/nyregion/landmark-paul-rudolph-architect.html | access-date=May 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ginsburg | first=Aaron | title=City landmarks duplex apartment in Paul Rudolph's Modulightor Building | website=6sqft | date=May 6, 2025 | url=https://www.6sqft.com/city-landmarks-duplex-apartment-in-paul-rudolphs-modulightor-building/ | access-date=May 7, 2025}}</ref>

==See also==