The IAC Building

Having the opportunity to work in this building is awesome. It truly is a bright, colorful and beautiful place to work.
The only catch 22 is it’s proximity to the water. Its beautiful to look at and not too bad to walk to in warmer weather BUT winter time is… the worst sh! t ever ! The wind will blow your soul right from out of your body and leave you blue physically and metaphorically as you fight to get into the door.
If you do have the opportunity to go inside, check out the 9^th floor its the kitchen /​cafeteria area and you can see all up and down the Chelsea Piers .
Also if you have to get here via public transportation and the weather is bad, the best way it to take the M14 to the last stop. Otherwise you will have to walk over 3 avenues from the A/​C/​E.

The building is a work of art. It’s designed by Frank Gehry, the same architect who designed the Disney Concert Hall in LA and Guggenheim in Spain. It’s designed to rise up on the Chelsea riverfront like a set of white sails. It’s modeled after Barry Diller’s yacht. Each of the glass pieces were bent on-​site, which only adds to the incredible visual impact of the building twisting upwards.
It’s a joy to work here, but they also host numerous events in the main lobby. I’m still waiting for my invitation to one of those events… but it’s a fantastic space. The giant video wall stretches the entire length of the lobby, you can see it at night when you walk by. It’s awesome.
It’s home to CollegeHumor, Vimeo, & Tinder, among other IAC properties. It’s a fantastic place to walk into work every day. You don’t have to step inside to enjoy a building-​sized sculpture from a master architect.

Modern event space.
I’ve worked here for many years as a freelancer.
Get her before dawn to find street parking

While driving in Manhattan last weekend the IAC building caught my attention, it’s simply beautiful! I can’t stop thinking about it…

I don’t work here but recently came here for a Spain themed wine & tapas tasting event and I’ve gotta say — even though their location is kind of undesirable, they’re not that close to immediate transportation and it must get really cold in the winter since they’re so close to the water (okay, so that last one isn’t the end of the world — but I really like things in threes, lol) — this is a really beautiful building.
The ombré-​like fogged up heavy duty glass windows, the overall shape and layering of the building itself, the architectural design/​décor/​lobby color-​scheme and outdoor patio curated with flowers and foliage really make this one of the top office spaces in New York. Definitely 5 stars.

Great building’s sample for architecture!

My friend works here so I got to go inside see all its glory!
College Humor and Vimeo under one roof? I was in awe. Since my friend couldn’t give us an extensive tour and had to get back to work, she took us to the 9^th floor to chill out and relax before heading out to explore the city.
My cousin and I didn’t even work there, but we were welcomed to the building by strangers who thought we were new hires and we were also offered free sodas, snacks, candy, chips, and bagels/​cream cheese.
the view from the 9^th floor is beautiful. it overlooks the Chelsea Piers and the water and its so serene. I could’ve sat there forever, but we didn’t want to bother anyone who was up there to get breakfast. Hopefully I can snag a job there!!! *crosses fingers AND toes!!***

Very pretty space.

We had a company celebration here this past sunday. AMAZING venue, the caterer’s were great and it was great to see everyone dressed to the 9’s since we always show up pretty casual to work.
It was great to run into friends both old and new. Such a memorable weekend to celebrate 10 years! PHENOM!

Some of my photos of the IAC Building are on
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Gehry’s building is quite figural and reminds me forcibly of the sails of a clipper ship.

Like the review before I was also lucky enough to get an invite to the VW event.
A great event in an awesome space with food and booze to match. Didn’t expect this event to drag out the faux celebs (saw Kelly Bensimon from Bravo’s Housewives of NYC) but it was interesting to watch the crowd react to her (yes including myself).
Definitely looking forward to more events here, especially if I can bump into the cool people from college humor and vimeo.

Well auto-​week kicked off this week, and I was lucky enough to get an invite to the VW event.
Who can argue with a giant 200 foot long video board? Especially when waited on by a cute wait staff, serving wine, top shelf liquor, and chichi hors d’oeuvres (yes I had to lookup the spelling…)
I’ve been wanting to see the inside of this building ever since construction began on it a few years back. It almost looks like a ship sitting on the West Side of Manhattan along the highline park.
Anyway, despite all this greatness, the party was somewhat damped by being fairly lacking in girls. Luckily I came with cute company, so it wasn’t that bad, but a little more flirting opportunity would have been nice.

So apparently the IAC bldg is known for geeks, aka the new Silicon Alley. CollegeHumor, Pronto, etc reside here. I always wondered what was in this oddly shaped glass building. I was finally here for the Inaugural NYC Big Apps Awards, which awarded 13 mobile app developers with not only recognition, but also money to fund their app. Free Drinks were courtesy of City Winery and Brooklyn Brewery. The antipasti platter was tasty as well. On hand were the generous people from ChallengePost, along with the Deputy Mayor and The Mayor himself, Bloomy. He’s got jokes, that Bloomy. The event took place on the ground floor of this massive architectural wonder. I never knew it was right across the street from Chelsea Piers. The Grand Prize went to WayFinder. City Way also nabbed 3 awards. Ladies, forget hanging out at The Apple Store. THIS is Geek Central, and unlike Apple Geniuses, these guys actually get paid well.
Pics are up on my FB…