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2009 Honor Award: Interiors
The Heckscher Foundation
for Children
Christoff:Finio Architecture New York, New York
The Heckscher Foundation for Children faced a unique challenge when it set out to convert a narrow New York City town house, built in 1902, into a modern office. The somewhat stuffy residence was utterly transformed by a bold solution that involved separating the floor planes from one of the long supporting walls, creating a striking, light-filled void. The floors and
glass offices now appear to be floating in the air, suspended by steel rods connected from a single point in the roof. As the jury put it, “The observer never has the feeling of being between the two long and dark party walls.”
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