33 Thomas, formerly known as the AT&T Long Lines Building has a very prominent place in the history of high-rises in New York City. Along with it’s architectural successes of being a monolithic, iconic, and extremely functional architecture, it’s equally scrutinized; The rumors that spiral around this architecture are just as impressive.
Through research about John Carl Warnecke and his drawings, we’ve come to learn about who funded the project, and what it’s intentions were. An atomic bomb proof, windowless high-rise, that’s has incredibly low occupancy, and use in the twenty-first century. What can we do with it?
Our interventions looks for solutions to keeping the iconic elements of 33 Thomas there, and integrating housing and other mixed use programs into the podium and the tower.