Gagosian Gallery (New York City, New York)

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1-story gallery building completed in 1946 as a garage. It is clad in variegated brown brick, with piers rising 2/3 the way up the wall and terminating with a sloped stone cap. On the long south facade, there are five former garage door openings, now covered with plate glass and aluminum roll-down shutters in the center. This section is topped by a brick parapet with stone coping. At the east end, there are two wider but lower openings, and a second floor with studio windows. This section is topped by a taller brick parapet with stone coping. At the west end, there are no openings in the facade, and tall, vertical metal panels have been added to the top. These wrap around to the west facade along 11th Avenue, where there are three large garage doors with metal roll-down shutters.

The building is now occupied by the Gagosian Gallery, which hosts exhibitions by many big-name contemporary artists like Richard Serra, Damien Hirst, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel.