Modern atrium with curved concierge desk facing the brass statue at the foot of the glass staircase at the Onassis Cultural Center built by general contractor J.T. Magen & Company Inc. in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.
A J.T. Magen-built maroon pedestal supports and elevates the statue of ‘Worshipping Women’ at the Onassis Cultural Center renovated by general contractor J.T. Magen & Company Inc. in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.
The feature U-shaped glass staircase accompanied by a figure statue at the Onassis Cultural Center constructed by J.T. Magen & Company Inc. in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.
An overview of the U-shaped glass stairs and the atrium with the curved concierge desk at the Onassis Cultural Center built by general contractor J.T. Magen in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.
The entrance lobby at the Onassis Cultural Center renovated by general contractor J.T. Magen & Company Inc. in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.
The J.T. Magen-renovated exhibition quarters of the Onassis Cultural Center featuring cultural statues in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.

Photo: © Paùl Rivera

J.T. Magen renovates and expands Onassis Cultural Center in New York’s Olympic Tower

Midtown Hellenic exhibition and performance facility features a striking glass stairway and an airy stone-clad atrium with a waterfall feature.

The design for the Onassis Cultural Center enhances its presence within the atrium, itself transformed, and increases awareness of this cultural amenity, and its exhibits and events.

— Perkins Eastman, architects

Before: A pre-construction rendering of the atrium lobby at the Onassis Cultural Center renovated and expanded by general contractor J.T. Magen & Company Inc. in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.After: A post-construction view of the atrium lobby at the Onassis Cultural Center renovated and expanded by general contractor J.T. Magen & Company Inc. in New York’s Olympic Tower on Fifth Avenue.

Photos: © Perkins Eastman/Paúl Rivera

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Onassis Cultural Center New York
Address: 645 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Size: 8,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Perkins Eastman
MEPS engineer: Kohler Ronan

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