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Chase Financial Services Center at MetroTech

Design/Completion 1991/1993 Brooklyn, New York, USA Chase Manhattan Bank 1,860,000 square feet Steel

Brick veneer, stone

This two-building complex responds to the master plan and design guidelines for a new, high-technology urban office precinct, and is the major operations center for the bank.

The design combines simple geometrie forms with highly articulated surfaces throughout. A solid stone band at the base enhances the pedestrian experience, while glass and metal storefronts and evenly spaced pierś relieve the long building wali and lead into the arcade along the north facade. Corbeled brick corners and other details echo the scalę and character of the adjacent landmarked 1830s houses.

The larger lower floors serve as a podium for the slender 23-story tower, whose verticality is emphasized by articulated corners. At the top, the vertical metal fins that conceal the cooling towers and functioning air intakes are backlit to create a building crown that distinguishes the bank on the Brooklyn skyline.

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