IAC Building

 office building, headquarters, Frank Gehry building, interesting place, 2007_construction, postmodern (architecture)

145-foot, 10-story Postmodern/Deconstructivist office building completed in 2007. Designed by Frank Gehry as IAC/InterActiveCorp headquarters, it was Gehry's first full-building design in New York City. IAC/InterActiveCorp is an internet-based media company founded by media mogul Barry Diller.

The facade is a "cloudy" white and bluish tinted glass. The massing takes the appearance of twisted tower sections packed together in two major levels, with a second bundle of lesser diameter sitting on top of the first. The cell units also have the appearance of sails skinned over the skeleton of the building. The full-height windows fade from clear to white on the top and bottom edges of each story. The curved appearance to the glass here is no trick of the eye; each of the glass panels was individually “cold-molded” on-site to fit into its frame. The white coloring of the glass is actually a ceramic dot application meant for visual effect, but also is practical, helping to insulate and shield the building from light and heat.

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