401 East 51st Street - Beekman
Selldorf Architects · Midtown East · 2027
Southwest corner from First Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade from First Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at SK Development and CB Developers residential condo tower the Beekman at 401 East 51st Street in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the 29-story tower’s facade features bespoke unitized curtain wall panels with integrated ram-pressed terracotta elements manufactured by Palagio. Panel installation is led by SLB Management, who have installed 1,400 unitized panels and 9,000 terracotta units.
Southwest corner from First Avenue.
West facade from First Avenue.
Southwest corner from East 51st Street.
One Third Avenue
Alloy · Downtown Brooklyn · 2028
Facade installation is underway at Alloy’s residential tower at One Third Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Alloy, the 63-story residential tower continues to rise adjacent to the previous phases of the Alloy block, including the all-electric 505 State Street residential tower and two Passive House certified schools. When completed, the project will offer 582 residential units, including 152 affordable units, and 60,000 square feet of commercial office space on six floors at the base of the tower. Alloy will be pursuing Passive House certification (PHIUS) for the tower, which would likely make the project the tallest certified project. Currently, the tower superstructure is nearing the quarter height mark and curtain wall panels are starting to be installed at the lower tower floors.
280 Kent Avenue
REX Architects · Williamsburg · 2028
Facade installation is ongoing at Two Trees’ two-tower residential development at 280 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by REX Architects, the 50-story residential towers continue to rise next to the recently completed Domino Refinery building. When completed, the project will offer 1,262 residential units. Currently, the tower superstructure has surpassed the halfway mark at the north tower while the south tower has not advanced above the 6th floor. Installation of the curved glass panels and glass railings continue at the lower half of the north tower.
1800 Avenue at Port Imperial
Handel Architects · Weehawken · 2027
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
Facade installation is ongoing at a residential condo development at 1800 Avenue at Port Imperial in Weehawken, NJ. Designed by Handel Architects, the development is broken down into two 8-story buildings, both with massings that step down to the Hudson River waterfront. The project’s facades will feature rounded building corners and curtain wall cladding of glass and metal panel bands at the horizontal slab conditions. Currently, curtain wall panels are being installed on the north building and have reached the seventh floor. Superstructure has topped out at the south building and curtain wall panels are just starting to be installed. A new pedestrian plaza will be located between the two buildings.
North (right) and south (left) buildings from the Hudson River.
North building from the Hudson River.
Northeast corner of the north building.
Northeast corner of the north building.
East facade of the north building.
Facade detail at the north building.
Southeast corner of the south building.
Southeast corner of the south building.
Southwest corner of the south building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Southwest corner of the south building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Southwest corner of the north building (left) and northwest corner of the south building (right) from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Looking up at the west facade of the north building.
Facade detail at the north building.
Looking up at the west facade of the north building.
Northwest corner of the north building from Avenue at Port Imperial.
Northeast corner of the north building from East Columbia Terrace.
Looking up at the north facade of the north building.
8 Carlisle
Handel Architects · Financial District · 2027
West elevation from the Hudson River.
Rendering courtesy of Handel Architects.
Concrete superstructure has topped out at Grubb Properties 8 Carlisle residential tower in Lower Manhattan. Designed by Handel Architects, the 64-story tower sits at the corner of Carlisle and Washington Streets, on a block near the World Trade Center development. When completed, the project will offer 462 rental units, residential amenities on floors four and five, and retail at the ground and second floors. With the completion of concrete superstructure, installation has begun on the steel structure for the tower crown. Curtain wall panels have reached the 61st floor, the top most residential floor.
Rendering courtesy of Handel Architects.
Looking up at the west facade from Washington Street.
Views
1122 Madison Avenue
Studio Sofield · Upper East Side · 2027
East elevation from Madison Avenue.
Looking up at the northeast corner from Madison Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at 1122 Madison Avenue, Legion Investment Group and Nahla Capital's 22-story condominium tower at the corner of East 84th Street and Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side, one block from Central Park. Designed by Studio Sofield with Hill West Architects, the building offers a contemporary reinterpretation of classical Upper East Side architecture, clad in Indiana limestone with sculpted rope trim window surrounds, carved detailing, and expansive windows. Select residences feature Juliet balconies, while corner setbacks on the upper floors create private terraces and balconies for the full-floor homes.
Northeast corner from Madison Avenue.
Northeast corner from East 84th Street.
Floor 12 - View to the northwest.
Facade detail.
Limestone facade panels.
When complete, the building will offer 26 residences across 22 floors, with half-floor homes on the lower levels and full-floor residences above. Air rights acquisitions ensure expansive, protected views of the surrounding neighborhood and Central Park.
Residents will have access to nearly 10,000 square feet of amenities across two dedicated floors. The third floor offers a drawing room anchored by a sculptural bas-relief fireplace, an intimate library bar, a private dining room with catering pantry, a billiards room, a media room, a game room, and a children's playroom. The lower level is devoted to wellness and performance, with a fitness center programmed by The Wright Fit, a private training studio for yoga and pilates, a multi-purpose squash and basketball court, a sports simulator, and a stone-clad spa featuring a sauna, steam room, and cold plunge.
Limestone facade panels awaiting installation.
View to the west towards Central Park and the Upper West Side.
View to the west towards Central Park and the Upper West Side.
View to the northwest towards Central Park and the Upper West Side.
View to the south towards Midtown.
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
North and west facades from Vermont Avenue.
Construction has wrapped up at MAD Architects’ second US project, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art at Exposition Park in South Los Angeles. The 300,000 square-foot non-profit museum will officially open to the public on September 22nd and feature collection galleries, exhibition spaces, two 299-seat theaters, digital classrooms and a free public research library for educators, scholars and students.
North facade and landscape.
The museum’s facade consists of 1,270 curved fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) panels, each unique in shape. These lightweight panels were able to accommodate the building’s organic form while not adding too much additional weight to the steel structure underneath. Glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is employed along the base of the building. At the center of the building, a public plaza is created by arched steel members spanning 185 feet, with an oculus at the center. All of the structure rests on 281 seismic base isolators that will allow the building to move as much as 42 inches in the event of an earthquake. The Cobiax system of hollow plastic voids was used in approximately 75,000 square feet of covered area to achieve a dead load reduction of 851 cubic yards of concrete (approximately 1,723 tons). Beneath the museum site, there are 714 geothermal wells, each about 365 feet deep, that works to cool the building.
West facade from Vermont Avenue.
West entrance to the park.
South and east facades from Bill Robertson Lane.
East facade from Exposition Park.
Museum plaza entry west.
Lucas Plaza with the education entrance at left and the main entrance at right.
Oculus above Lucas Plaza.
Main entrance.
Main entrance lobby.
Elevators to the 4th floor collection galleries.
Entrance to the Robert Flaherty Theater.
Main entrance lobby.
Ground floor gallery.
Ground floor gallery.
Fourth Floor Viewpoints
Fourth floor viewpoint.
Star Wars Gallery
Fifth Floor Murals and Event Space
Murals gallery.
Event space.
The rooftop includes event space, with the remaining portions of the roof covered in greenery and photovoltaic panels.
Education Lobby and Library
Education lobby.
Stair leading to the library.
Second floor library space.
Park and Gardens
A 13-acre public green space designed by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA occupies the southern half of the site.
110 Boerum Place
Brent Buck Architects · Cobble Hill · 2027
Northeast corner from Pacific Street.
Construction scaffolding has come down at Avdoo’s Boerum Place, a 6-story residential condo building in the Cobble Hill neighborhood in Brooklyn. Designed by Brent Buck Architects, the building features a facade made of hand laid red brick and large windows. When completed, the project will offer 21 residences ranging in size from 2- to 5-bedrooms, each with private outdoor space.
Looking up at the north facade from Pacific Street.
Southeast corner from Boerum Place.
Southeast corner from Boerum Place.
South facade detail.
South facade detail.
South facade detail.
South facade from Dean Street.
Southeast corner facade detail.
East facade detail.
East facade detail.
450 Union Street - Anagram Gowanus
SO-IL · Gowanus · 2027
East facade from the Union Street bridge.
Construction scaffolding has started to come down at Anagram Gowanus, a 20-story residential rental tower along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. The project joins other Anagram branded developments in Manhattan and is developed by a partnership between Global Holdings, MacArthur Holdings and Tankhouse.
Designed by SO-IL, the tower is clad with large windows and beige toned brick laid in a stack bond pattern. Scaffolding is currently coming down on the tower’s facade along the lower portion of the north facade.
Looking up at the north facade from Union Street.
When completed, the 203,000 square foot project will offer 158 apartments, with 20% of the residences set aside under the affordable housing program. Amenities will include a co-working lounge, gym, children’s playroom, and rooftop terraces. A waterfront esplanade along the Gowanus Canal will also be built as part of the development.
Looking up at the north facade from Union Street.
Looking up at the north facade from Union Street.
Northwest corner from the intersection of Union and Bond Streets.
430 West Broadway
Morris Adjmi Architects · SoHo · 2026
Looking up at the East facade from West Broadway.
East facade from West Broadway.
Construction has wrapped up at United American Land’s commercial office building at 430 West Broadway in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the 7-story building’s facade features large windows and bronze-toned metal panels that references the neighborhood’s cast iron design heritage.
East facade from West Broadway.
East facade from West Broadway.
Looking up at the east facade.
East facade detail.
East facade detail.
East facade detail.
East facade detail.
Residential entry.
Handel Architects · Financial District · 2027