11 E 26th Street has been awarded 1st Place in Retrofit Magazine's Metamorphosis Awards in the Whole Building category.
Two historic towers, one integrated workplace.
Two century-old neighbors in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park district have been given a new life as an integrated contemporary office destination. The thoughtful repositioning of adjacent Neo-Gothic towers at 11 and 15 East 26th Street carefully preserved the buildings’ historic fabric while reimagining their interior spaces for modern business needs. Building owner Rockrose tapped the design team of MdeAS Architects, Vocon and Thornton Tomasetti to transform the two 21-story buildings into a 330,000-square-foot office complex while keeping both towers operational during construction.
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