The Modulightor Building is a commercial building in the Midtown East district of New York City. It was designed by noted architect Paul Rudolph and was built from 1989 to 1994.[1][2]
| Modulightor Building | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2006, before its additions | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernist |
| Address | 246 East 58th Street, Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°45′36″N 73°57′55″W / 40.760009°N 73.965381°W |
| Construction started | 1989 |
| Construction stopped | 1994 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Paul Rudolph |
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.[2]
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.[1][2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b Farago, Jason (20 December 2018). "Paul Rudolph at 100: The Mischief Maker in a New Light". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c Michelle Cohen. “Modernist Must-See: Tour the Upper East Side’s Paul Rudolph-Designed Modulightor Building.” 6sqft, 29 July 2019.
- ^ * Lauren Gallow. “The Modulightor Building.” Cereal Magazine, Sept. 2021.
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