Ford Foundation Atrium Garden, How Gensler Updated The Inimitable Ford Foundation Headquarters

Live plants and trees cover nearly every square inch of ground.

Ford focus for sale. The ford foundation is committed to offering an inclusive and equitable. The garden conceived and executed by the great midcentury. Theres also a fountain that offers a unique reverberation effect and a texture heavy sensory garden with braille signage and audio descriptions.

Regional offices 1 212 573 5000. The ford foundation building includes a 1 3 acre 013 ha public atrium with a ceiling 160 feet 49 m high. Ford foundation center for social justice 320 e 43rd st new york ny 10017 usa.

The ford foundation garden is open to the public and makes for a truly unique experience for those interested in architecture and its capacity to dovetail with nature in new york city a literal concrete jungle. One of many firsts that kiley undertook in collaboration with architects kevin roche and john dinkeloo the one third acre garden is set within the ford foundations glass granite and cor ten steel headquarters building. Youve transported to a hanging garden of babylon.

Located on level 1. Our lush atrium garden is a beautiful space for holding receptions. The ford foundation building offers new yorkers a tropical vacation.

Our atrium garden is open to the public and features 39 species of trees vines and shrubs and a reflecting pool. Last week a group of us from the garden conservancy visited the ford foundation building and atrium located at 320 e. Its whisper quiet with the only soundtrack a bubbling fountain and polished brown brick lines the paths.

Event spaces learn how to book an event space. This gorgeous property is the result of a 5 year collaboration between architects kevin roche and john dinkeloo of kevin roche john dinkeloo associates and landscape architect dan kiley between 1963 1968. Spin through the heavy revolving doors of the ford foundation atrium and youre no longer in crazy paced midtown east.

The 12 story enclosed atrium garden designed by dan kiley was the first of its kind in the united states. The garden contains a series of tiers sloping up from 42nd to 43rd street with an elevation change of 13 feet 40 m. 43rd st in new york.

A lush 10000 square foot garden at the base of a towering atrium. When it opened in 1967 the building stood as a spectacular example of midcentury design and an innovative urban space that captured the aspirations of the foundations social justice mission.