The February issue of Metropolis Magazine features the Brown Institute Space! Its unique program is discussed in detail with the institute’s architect and lighting designers.
Last fall, the university opened a state-of-the-art, high-tech newsroom on the ground floor of its 1912 McKim, Mead, and White–designed historic Pulitzer Hall. The renovated space was a gift from longtime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown in memory of her late husband, David. “I think the school wanted to create a space that shows it is actively addressing the very significant shifts in journalism,” says Marc Tsurumaki, principal of LTL Architects. “So incorporating digital interaction, flexibility, and fluidity into the media lab was really important.”Leaving the floor plate as open as possible, the New York–based architects removed most of the space’s interior partitions and subdivided offices. They opted to house the office spaces via a suspended mezzanine above a series of meeting rooms overlooking a large collaborative work environment.
Congratulations to LTL Architects and to BuroHappold Engineering and to everyone who helped design and construct our home. Thank you!