Last week, plans to transform Philip Johnson and John Burgee’s 1984 AT&T Building were released to the public and sparked outrage from around the profession—so much so that some, like architect Robert A.M. Stern, even took to the streets.
Snøhetta’s proposal would replace the lower level’s street-facing facade with a glass curtain wall, flooding the lobby and atrium spaces of 550 Madison Avenue, as the building is now known, with light. “The re-imagined 550 Madison reflects how we work and live in New York today,” according to a statement on the Norwegian firm’s website.
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