One Vandam
Since the previous update in early June, One Vandam has grown from the half way mark to its full height of 14 stories. Façade installation is also well underway, with curtain wall panels installed on the third and fourth floors. The façade is composed of metal, glass, and limestone panels from a quarry in Alabama. A randomized pattern is created by three unit types: glass, limestone panels on the exterior, and a back-pan limestone panel that sits behind the glass. For now, the stone panels are absent on the façade, awaiting installation at a later time.
When completed, the project will bring 25 residences to the portion of the SoHo neighborhood that transitions to Hudson Square.
The west façade on Avenue of the Americas.
Detail of the curtain wall units with the gridded limestone panel supports visible.
Installation of a curtain wall unit on the fourth floor.
Looking south along Avenue of the Americas with the 166 Avenue of the Americas expansion in the background (right).
God's Love We Deliver expansion underway at 166 Avenue of the Americas by Gerner Kronick + Valcarcel.
Looking south along Avenue of the Americas.
Architects: BKSK Architects; Program: Residential; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
10 Bond
Facade installation has begun at Selldorf's 7 story, 11 unit condo building on the fashionable Bond Street. Since the previous update, the majority of the windows have been installed on floors 02-06 and the first terracotta panels have been installed on a second floor window on the Lafayette street façade. The concave and convex shapes of the terracotta panels will provide depth and register the change in light throughout the day.
The south façade on Bond Street.
Looking north at the corner of Lafayette Street and Bond Street.
The east façade on Lafayette Street.
Terracotta panels installed around a second floor window.
Terracotta panels installed around a second floor window.
Detail of the terracotta panels.
Detail of the terracotta panels at the window head.
Detail of the terracotta panels at the window sill.
The northeast corner of 372 Lafayette (Morris Adjmi Architects) with 10 Bond to the left.
Architects: Selldorf Architects; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Atlantic Yards B2 Tower
There is steady progress at the site of the future world's tallest modular tower. According to ESD and Forest City Ratner, 246 modules out of approximately 960 have been delivered and installed to date. The 32 story tower is composed of three main volumes, each with their own unique facade articulation. The red and grey paneled volume along Flatbush Avenue has approximately reached its half way mark in height, while the second volume of light grey panels along Dean Street has seen the installation of 4 out of 18 floors of modules. The third volume of the tower will rise above the lower two. When completed, the 346,000 square foot tower will bring 363 rental apartments to the area, half of which will fall under the affordable housing program.
The west facade of the Barclays Center (left) and the B2 tower (right) on Flatbush Avenue.
Detail of the corner facade at Flatbush Avenue and the Barclays Center arena.
Detail of the Flatbush Avenue facade.
The corner of Flatbush Avenue and Dean Street.
The Dean Street facade.
Detail of the Dean Street facade.
Corner detail of the Dean Street facade.
The corner of the Dean Street facade.
Looking west along Dean Street.
Architects: SHoP Architects; Developers: Forest City Ratner; Program: Residential; Location: Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2015.
432 Park Avenue
Topping out is about to happen at Rafael Vinoly's 432 Park Avenue tower in Midtown. The 96 story tower is a few floors away from reaching its final height of 1396 feet. When completed, the tower will rise above the highest inhabitable floor of the new One World Trade Center, which achieves its full height of 1776 feet with the help of a 408 foot spire.
Looking south on Park Avenue.
Detail of the top of the tower.
The northwest corner of the tower from East 57th Street.
The north facade of the tower from East 57th Street.
Detail of the window units on the tower facade.
The northeast corner of 432 Park Avenue (right) and 450 Park Avenue (left) by Emery Roth & Sons in 1972.
The east facade of 432 Park Avenue (left) and 450 Park Avenue (right).
The southeast corner of the tower from East 56th Street.
Reflections on 430 Park Avenue.
The south facade of the tower from East 56th Street.
432 Park Avenue framed by the Citigroup Center tower.
View from the Museum of Modern Art's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden.
Architects: Rafael Vinoly Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects, LLP (Executive Architects); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Hunter's Point South Commons and Hunter's Point South Crossing
Work progresses at the first two buildings of the Hunters Point South development in Long Island City, Queens. Exterior wall installation on both of the SHoP Architects' designed towers is steadily proceeding. On Building A, the tower with orange exterior accents, glass has reached floor 9 of 37 with vertical fin installation also underway. Building B, with blue exterior accents, has reached floor 10 of 32. Inside, interior wall installation has begun on the lower floors of each tower. When completed, the two buildings will bring a combined total of 925 units of much needed affordable housing to the city.
Looking east from Gantry Plaza State Park.
Looking east from the pier at Gantry Plaza State Park.
The southwest corner of Building A.
The west facade of Building A from Hunters Point South Park.
The southeast corner of Building A.
The south facade of Building A from the upper floor of Building B.
Detail of the south facade of Building A.
Detail of Building A's exterior wall.
Detail of Building A's exterior wall.
Detail of Building A's exterior wall.
The southwest corner of Building A.
View of Manhattan and Gantry Plaza State Park from the western terrace of Building A.
View of Manhattan and Hunters Point South Park from the western terrace of Building A
View of the west facade of Buildings A and B from Hunters Point South Park.
View of Buildings A and B from Hunters Point South Park.
The southwest corner of Building B (right) and the southern facade of the Riverview School (left).
The southeast corner of Building B.
The south facade of Building B.
Detail of Building B's exterior wall.
Exterior wall type transition at the southeast corner of Building B.
Looking up from the interior courtyard of Building B.
The view from the roof of Building B.
A view from Building B of the sites for future phases of Hunters Point South. A two tower building by ODA Architects will be located on Parcel C (foreground) with future buildings located on land directly to the south.
Architects: SHoP Architects and Ismael Leyva Architects; Developers: Related, Phipps Houses and Monadnock Construction; Construction Company: Monadnock Construction; Program: Residential; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2015.
CUMC Medical and Graduate Education Building
Construction has surpassed the half way mark at Columbia University Medical Center's Medical and Graduate Education Building. The 14-story building, a collaboration between Diller Scofidio + Renfro (design architects) and Gensler (executive architects), will house P&S, Nursing, Dental Medicine, the Mailman School of Public Health, and the biomedical departments. Inside, the tower contains classrooms, spaces for collaboration, and a simulation center. The tower's dominant feature is the "Study Cascade," a 14-story open stair along the south facade that provides spaces for study and for social engagement to encourage collaboration among all of the disciplines housed together.
Looking north along Haven Avenue.
Detail of the "Study Cascade."
The southeast corner of the building.
The south facade.
The southwest corner of the building.
The east facade from Haven Avenue.
Detail of the east facade.
Detail of the northeast corner.
Aerial rendering of the completed building. Courtesy of CUMC.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler; Program: Education; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
500 W 21
Installation of limestone facade panels has begun at KPF's 32-unit residential building adjacent to the High Line.
Architects: KPF; Interiors: MARKZEFF; Landscape Design: Rees Roberts + Partners; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
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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.