page_title: Pirelli Tire Building
section_title: Changes under IKEA
hierarchical_section_title: Pirelli Tire Building / History / Changes under IKEA
caption_attribution_description: English: Remaining portion of the Armstrong Rubber/Pirelli Tire Building, now owned by IKEA, 1968/69, Marcel Breuer &amp; Robert F. Gatje, Sargent Drive, Long Wharf, New Haven, Connecticut
context_page_description: The Pirelli Tire Building also known as the Armstrong Rubber Building is a private building in the neighborhood of Long Wharf in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Designed by modernist architect Marcel Breuer, the structure is a noted example of Brutalism.
context_section_description: Swedish furniture manufacturer, IKEA, purchased the site in 2003, soon after announcing plans to build an adjacent store and demolish a 64,000-square foot section of the building for parking. The plan was criticized by the Long Wharf Advocacy Group, a local coalition that sought to pursue alternatives for the site that better preserved the structure. The Connecticut chapter of the American Institute of Architects criticized the plan as well. Despite community criticism, IKEA effectively demolished the entirety of the low rise structure with the exception of that below the suspended offices; the demolition has been criticized for disrupting the intended asymmetrical visual balance of the structure.
caption: The building in 2014, the IKEA building and sign visible in the background
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