Coordinates: 40°45′36″N 73°57′55″W / 40.760009°N 73.965381°W / 40.760009; -73.965381

Modulightor Building

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Modulightor Building
The building in 2006, before its additions
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General information
Architectural styleModernist
Address246 East 58th Street,
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates40°45′36″N 73°57′55″W / 40.760009°N 73.965381°W / 40.760009; -73.965381
Construction started1989
Construction stopped1994
Design and construction
Architect(s)Paul Rudolph

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 and was built from 1989 to 1994.[1][2]

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

  1. ^ a b Farago, Jason (20 December 2018). "Paul Rudolph at 100: The Mischief Maker in a New Light". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c Cohen, Michelle (29 July 2019). "Modernist Must-See: Tour the Upper East Side's Paul Rudolph-Designed Modulightor Building". 6sqft.
  3. ^ Gallow, Lauren (September 2021). "The Modulightor Building". Cereal Magazine.

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