Campus Architecture Database: New York Law School

New York Law School, New York, N.Y.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $80-million

Square Footage: 200,000

Architect: SmithGroup; BKSK Architects

Contractor: Pavarini

Opened: 2009

New York Law School’s facilities had consisted of disconnected structures, including several 19th-century cast-iron buildings. The new facility unites many of the law school’s student-centered functions behind a transparent five-story façade that gives the school a memorable public presence while showcasing classrooms, lounges, study rooms, dining facilities, and a library. To accommodate neighborhood height restrictions, four floors of the building are underground, where keeping out subway noise and water required special construction techniques.

(Photos: Jeff Goldberg/Esto)

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