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April 17, 2007

New Pratt Design Center Christening Today

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This evening at 6 o'clock, Pratt Institute will christen the new Juliana Curran Terian Design Center, a stainless-steel-clad, projecting addition which unites the Pratt Studios and Steuben Hall into one 200,000 complex. Designed by hanrahanMeyers Architects, the $5 million "pavilion" includes a lobby, gallery, lecture space and courtyard. Here's how the Pratt magazine Folio described the new structure:

The pavilion is an elevated, roughly rectangular volume of stainless steel and glass that floats above a new entrance plaza and projects into the main campus quad to the north. During the day south light enters the building from the courtyard to the south. At night, lighted images are projected onto the pavilion's northern glass wall, which becomes one of several art installations on campus.

We think this is beautiful. Although one could be forgiven for thinking otherwise, it's reassuring to see that good modern design is not entirely absent in Brooklyn these days.
Pratt to Dedicate New Design Center [Pratt Folio]
Juliana Curran Terian Design Center [hanrahanMeyers]
Juliana Curran Terian Design Center [Archidose]
30 in 30: #12 [Archidose Blog]
Photo by Archidose on Flickr

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Posted by Brownstoner at 10:29 AM | Comments (17)
Categories: Architecture, Clinton Hill

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Love it.

Posted by: tag482 at April 17, 2007 10:33 AM

Absolutely gorgeous.

Posted by: jdhs 91 at April 17, 2007 10:38 AM

Spell check, please! And, it wouldn't hurt to list cross streets.

Posted by: Anonymous at April 17, 2007 10:49 AM

The insides are decent, but the outside is ugly, IMHO.

Posted by: Anonymous at April 17, 2007 10:53 AM

Gorgeous. Wish Pratt would build some houses in the hood...

Posted by: bob999 at April 17, 2007 11:31 AM

10:49, it's building 21b on the map at:
http://www.pratt.edu/newsite/backgroundOpt/campus/1172164518_campus_brooklyn_map.pdf

Posted by: Anonymous at April 17, 2007 12:15 PM

I like this a lot more than the connector built to connect higgins hall to the old aldephi academy on st. james btwn lafayette and clifton. It would be ok but I don't like the totally bricked over walk way; why not encorporate some green space? And are they ever going to take down that scaffolding?

Posted by: RJ at April 17, 2007 1:27 PM

having gone to Pratt, I can report that they will most likely never take down scaffolding and if they do they will simply take them down and move them over three feet for another five years. It's how they do it!

Posted by: joe at April 17, 2007 1:44 PM

I love the photos and look forward to checking it out in person. Bravo Pratt -- keep up the great work. I also love the connector between Higgins and Adelphi Academy. The bricked walkway is one of the best parts about it, it establishes a visual connection between the two brick building in an unusual way, I also admire the curves and angles of the brick walkway.

Posted by: Anon on Greene at April 17, 2007 2:38 PM

I like this better than Higgins. It has its own identity, allows the two buildings to have theirs, and yet functionally pulls it all together. Higgins is pretty sharp too, especially at night, and I prefer the interior to the exterior. FYI, Hanrahan is the Dean of the School of Architecture.

Posted by: Anonymous at April 17, 2007 3:28 PM

Box on a Stick!! At least it's...interesting.

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at April 17, 2007 4:55 PM

Good modern design? That's an oxymoron.

Posted by: Crown Heights Proud at April 18, 2007 7:57 AM

The exterior metal work was done here in Brooklyn 90+ year old architectural metal fabricator Milgo-Bufkin.

Posted by: kuroko at April 18, 2007 8:08 AM

Fedders box, Pookie? The buildings to the left and right of the new building, which connects them, were respectively built in 1928 and 1925. Have you ever been in the buildings? How 'bout outside the buildings? Anywhere in the neighborhood? Feel free to spout off on topics you seem to know nothing about.

Posted by: Anonymous at April 18, 2007 12:27 PM

That looks like my house.

Posted by: Anonymous at April 18, 2007 2:46 PM

Fugly...and I went to Pratt.

So much for pride in my Alma Mater...actually, never had any to begin with ;)

Posted by: lostinbrooklyn at April 18, 2007 5:16 PM

What is sad is that they say all design deparments are in the new center. NOT TRUE. One dept is in a building that is falling apart.

Posted by: student at April 26, 2007 8:00 PM

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