Join KPF for Open House New York tours of One Madison Avenue in Flatiron and Vagelos Innovation Laboratories in Washington Heights on Sunday, October 18.
KPF is partnering with Open House New York (OHNY) to offer public tours during the organization’s annual weekend festival, which was founded to unlock architectural destinations and urban spaces for New Yorkers. Ticketing opens on October 2 at 12pm.
KPF Director Andrew Werner and Senior Associate Principal Chandler Archbell will be co-leading tours of One Madison Avenue—the transformative adaptive reuse project bringing flexible, Class-A office space to the Flatiron District while complementing its landmarked neighbor, the Metropolitan Life Clock Tower. The tour is part of OHNY’s “Innovation in Preservation” collection, as the tour will highlight the limestone façade’s preservation and the engineering challenge of keeping the clock tower’s hotel fully operational during major construction.
One Madison Avenue tours: Sunday, October 18; 11am–12pm and 1pm–2pm
Tickets required to tour One Madison Avenue: Register here
KPF Senior Associate Principal Gabriel Morales will be leading a tour of Vagelos Innovation Laboratories—a sneak peek of the all-electric research lab building days before the building’s official ribbon cutting. Attendees will learn how the design and engineering team balanced the intensive mechanical needs of the lab typology with ambitious sustainability goals and delivered a project that will help unlock decarbonization for Columbia University’s medical campus.
Vagelos Innovation Laboratories tours: Sunday, October 18; 11am–12pm and 12:30–1:30pm
Tickets required to tour Vagelos Innovation Laboratories: Register here
