VIA 57 WEST at 625 West 57th Street
BIG's residential pyramid is rising on Manhattan's far west side, reaching to the eleventh floor of its completed 32 story height. Also taking shape is the central courtyard that cuts through the pyramid form, opening up views to the Hudson River for the interior units.
Looking west on West 57th Street.
The west elevation from West 57th Street.
At the intersection of West 57th Street and the West Side Highway.
Looking north along the West Side Highway with One Riverside Park (Goldstein, Hill & West Architects) rising to the north.
The central courtyard starting to take shape.
Looking east along the West Side Greenway with One Riverside Park rising on the left.
The serrated edge of the north facade along West 58th Street at 12th Avenue.
Looking west along West 58th Street at the back side of the building.
Architects: BIG (Design Architects), SLCE Architects (Architects of Record); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown West, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
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10 Bond & 372 Lafayette
Structure has topped out and the first window units are being installed on the second floor of Selldorf Architects' seven-story, 11 unit condo in NoHo. The window frames are brown in color, to complement the sculpted terracotta facade. On the northeastern half of the block, Morris Adjmi Architects' 372 Lafayette, a rental building, has reached its full height of six floors.
Looking north at the corner of Lafayette Street and Bond Street.
The Bond Street facade.
Window units on the second floor of the Bond Street facade.
Window unit.
10 Bond Street (left) and 372 Lafayette (right) from Lafayette Street.
The northeast corner of 372 Lafayette.
Northeast corner detail.
The north facade of 372 Lafayette.
Architects: Selldorf Architects (10 Bond), Morris Adjmi Architects (372 Lafayette); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoHo, New York, NY;Completion: 2015.
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22-22 Jackson Avenue
There is a mock-up on site at ODA's boxy residential project next to the 5 Pointz building in the Long Island City area of Queens. The signature protruding boxes on the facade will apparently be achieved with concrete that will be left exposed, similar to Vinoly's 432 Park Avenue tower currently rising in Midtown. Window frames will be of a maroon hue, an uncommon color choice for recent work in New York. Otherwise, progress on the actual building is still in the early stage of foundation work.
Architects: ODA; Program: Residential; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2016.
30 Park Place
Construction has reached the one third mark at Stern's 82-story downtown hotel and residential condo tower, slated to be the tallest residential tower in the neighborhood at 926 feet. That title will be short lived though, as the new Vinoly designed 22 Thames Street was recently revealed to be 960 feet tall .
The first 38 floors will be devoted to the 185-room Four Seasons Hotel, with 157 condo units occurring above. The exterior facade of precast limestone panels has reached the 14th floor. As Stern has attempted in the past, the facade treatment appears to be an attempt at updating a classic limestone facade with contemporary detailing, especially at the base of the building.
The northwest corner at Park Place and Church Street.
The northeast corner along Park Place.
The southwest corner at Church Street and Barclay Street.
The north facade along Park Place.
The limestone panels at the podium.
Detail of the limestone panels at the podium.
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Architects: Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Program: Residential; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Atlantic Yards B2 Tower
Installation of prefab units has resumed onsite at the Atlantic Yards B2 tower, after a month long installation stoppage. Currently, unit installation has progressed to the eighth floor of the 32-story building. Projected completion of the tower has been recently pushed back to the latter half of 2015 as installation of prefab units has proceeded at a much slower pace than originally promised.
Looking east along Dean Street.
Looking north along Dean Street.
A Dean Street module lifted for installation.
Installation of a Dean Street module.
Looking west at the corner of Dean Street and 6th Avenue.
The seventh floor has introduced a new module type of light grey, perforated metal panel amongst the black metal panel modules below.
A new module type on the seventh floor facing 6th Avenue.
Module detail.
Looking south along 6th Avenue.
Module delivered to the site.
Preparing to lift a module for installation.
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Architects: SHoP Architects; Developers: Forest City Ratner; Program: Residential; Location: Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2015.
56 Leonard Street
The first glass curtain wall units are going up at Herzog & de Meuron's residential tower in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Installation on the head and sill receptors to receive the glass units has been underway for the past month. The receptors create a thin light metal line on the facade, while the glass appears to be very reflective with minimal vertical lines at the seams between panels. For now, glass has only been installed on the northwest corner of the third floor. Glass rails have also started going up on the lower floor terraces.
Overall, the tower structure has reached the half way mark, with concrete pours happening on the 30th of it 60 floors.
UPDATE 06/24/2014:
One full rectangular unit has been enclosed with the glass exterior envelope as of this morning.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
551 West 21st Street
Construction has reached the 13th floor at Norman Foster's 19-story, 44 unit condo tower near the High Line. At the previous update in early May, the tower stood at only the 8th floor. The building's signature glass corners are already evident in the column-free, cantilevered corners of the concrete superstructure.
Looking west along West 21st Street from the High Line park.
The south facade from West 21st Street.
The south facade from West 21st Street.
The northeast corner.
Looking north along 11th Avenue.
The south facade.
The northwest corner of the tower.
Tower corner detail.
The west facade from 11th Avenue.
Looking south along 11th Avenue.
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Architects: Foster + Partners; Developers: SR Capital; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
500 W 21
Since the last update, in early May, construction has topped out on KPF's eight-story, 32 unit condo building at the High Line.
Looking north along 10th Avenue.
The northern facade.
The west facade seen from the High Line park.
The northeast corner of the building from 10th Avenue.
The south facade seen from the West 20th Street stairs of the High Line
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Architects: KPF; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
One Vandam
Construction has reached the seventh floor of One Vandam, a 14-story residential tower located at the intersection of Spring Street and Sixth Avenue in the SoHo neighborhood. This area is currently experiencing quite the building boom, with the God's Love We Deliver headquarters overhaul happening right next door and Cary Tamarkin's 10 Sullivan Street , a 16-story residential tower, directly south on Sixth Avenue.
The completed tower will be clad in a limestone and glass exterior wall and will sit atop a double height podium with a landscaped terrace. There will be 25 condo units, from 1 bedroom up to 5 bedrooms with a triplex penthouse asking $28 million.
Looking north along Sixth Avenue.
The west facade of One Vandam (left) and the God's Love We Deliver headquarters (right) along Sixth Avenue.
The west facade along Sixth Avenue.
Looking east along Vandam Street.
Architects: BKSK Architects; Program: Residential; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2015
CUMC Medical and Graduate Education Building
Columbia's new medical building in Washington Heights is starting to reveal some of its radical form with construction reaching the fifth of fourteen floors, which is a big advancement since the last update in early April. The southern half of the building contains DS+R's signature sloping floors and the multi-story breakout spaces of the "study cascade" concept touted by the renderings released to the public. For the northern half of the building, the architecture appears to take on a more conventional form for the classrooms and offices.
Looking north along Haven Avenue.
The south facade from Haven Avenue.
Detail of the SW corner.
Detail of the east facade.
The south facade.
The SE corner along Haven Avenue.
Looking west on West 171st Street.
The NE corner along Haven Avenue.
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Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler; Program: Education; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.