The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

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Thank you, Herman Jessor

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An exhibition of work by Herman Jessor (1894–1990), an architect and Cooper Union alum who designed more than 40,000 units of cooperative housing throughout his sixty-year career. 

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AA Folios: 1986–1991

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Held in partnership with The Cooper Union Library, this exhibition presents the last seven of the AA Folios, a publication series produced by the Architectural Association in London from 1983 to 1991

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  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.