High Line Restaurant
As of last week, Renzo Piano's restaurant underneath the High Line, at Gansevoort and Washington Streets, has finally opened. The structure has been designed in Piano's typical high tech language of metal and glass that complements the aesthetic of his new Whitney Museum and High Line Headquarters building adjacent to the restaurant. In the warmer months, the restaurant's exterior envelop has been designed to open up to adjacent public plaza. Santina, run by restaurateurs Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick, will feature a coastal Italian-American menu.
Northeast corner from Washington Street.
East façade from Washington Street.
Signage at the front entry.
Southeast corner from Washington Street.
East elevation from Washington Street.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Beyer Blinder Belle; Interiors: Thomas Schlesser and Design Bureaux, Inc.; Program: Restaurant; Location: New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
CUMC Medical and Graduate Education Building
Curtain wall installation continues at Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Gensler's 14-story building for the Columbia University Medical College. Most of the panels are up on the west façade, where the first panels appeared late last year. More of the non-uniform structural beams, clad in a white shell, are also apparent on the west façade. The cladding of the east façade has started as well, with fully opaque panels at the base that transition in a gradient to fully transparent panels at the southern end. While structurally fully formed in concrete, the "Study Cascade" still awaits its enclosure, which will be a crucial detail that determines how successfully the constructed building achieves the powerful concept in the renderings.
Looking north on Haven Avenue.
Southeast corner from Haven Avenue.
Southeast corner from Haven Avenue.
South façade.
Southwest corner.
Southwest corner.
West façade detail.
East façade.
East façade detail.
East façade from West 171st Street.
Northeast corner from Haven Avenue.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler; Program: Education; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Pierhouse
Topping out has occurred on the northern condo building at Marvel Architects' Pierhouse, on the outskirts of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Joining the Starwood-run, 200-key hotel building attached to its northern extreme, the 100-foot, 10-story condo building will house the bulk of the 108 units, mostly of the duplex variety. The rest of the units will be housed in a lower, 5-story building to the south of the Squibb Park Bridge that bisects the site. The hotel's facade of metal and glass has been installed on the lower half of the 10-story building. Limestone and glass will clad the park-facing facade of the condo building, with anodized aluminum panels cladding the Furman Street facade.
The Pierhouse structure has garnered much attention recently for its height. Some in the Brooklyn Heights community are outraged over its impact on the views of Brooklyn Bridge and the skyline from the promenade. Current construction appears to adhere to previously released renderings, making the sudden public outrage, including a ridiculous blog's allusion to burning it down, a little baffling. The views to Brooklyn Bridge along some portions of the promenade have been obstructed by the new building but the southern extents have not. At the portion of the promenade that has been most impacted, near Squibb Park, the public will presumably have access once again to the Squibb Park Bridge which can convey them past the building to an elevated view of the bridge and skyline, not to mention all the parkland.
Northeast corner of the Pierhouse's hotel building from Furman Street.
Northeast corner of the Pierhouse's hotel building from Furman Street.
North facade of the Pierhouse's hotel building.
Northwest corner of the Pierhouse's hotel building from Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Northwest corner of the Pierhouse's hotel building from Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier A.
West facade of the Pierhouse from Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier A.
Southwest corner of the Pierhouse's condo building and the Squibb Park Bridge from Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Facade scaffolding going up at the Pierhouse's condo building.
Looking west from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade towards Pierhouse (foreground) and Lower Manhattan (background).
Looking west from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade towards Pierhouse (foreground) and Lower Manhattan (background).
Looking west from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade towards Pierhouse (foreground) and Lower Manhattan (background).
Looking west from Squibb Park towards Pierhouse (foreground) and Lower Manhattan (background).
Southeast corner of Pierhouse from Squibb Park.
Architects: Marvel Architects; Landscape Architects: Michael Van Valkenberg; Developers: Toll Brothers City Living, Starwood; Program: Residential Condo, Hotel; Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
10 Hudson Yards
Construction has reached the 27th floor at 10 Hudson Yards, surpassing the half way mark at the first tower at Related's Hudson Yards mega development. The 52-story, 1.7 million square feet commercial office tower by KPF will be the new corporate home for Coach, L'Oreal and SAP. Curtain wall installation has reached the 16th floor and is composed of full floor height units without the more commonly used visible spandrel panel at the floor slab. The use of full floor units without visible spandrel is a recent trend in New York office buildings, such as the new World Trade Center towers, and even the new residential tower at 400 Park Avenue South.
Looking south along 10th Avenue at West 33rd Street.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
East façade on 10th Avenue.
East façade on Dyer Avenue.
Detail of curtainwall on the east facade.
Southeast corner from West 30th Street.
South facade from West 30th Street.
South facade from West 30th Street.
Southwest corner from West 30th Street.
Looking north along the High Line.
West facade from the High Line.
West facade from the High Line.
Looking east from the High Line.
Architects: KPF; Developer: Related Companies, Oxford Properties Group; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
22-22 Jackson Avenue
Concrete superstructure has surpassed the half way mark at ODA's boxy, 175-unit building in Long Island City. The 11-story mixed-use building is located next to the former 5 Pointz site and across from MoMA PS1. Made of cast-in-place concrete, the facade is constructed in a similar method to the exposed concrete of Vinoly's 432 Park Avenue supertall tower but with a more playful massing of residential modules that randomly extrude from the facade. Installation of the maroon-framed windows is also underway.
Looking northeast on Jackson Avenue towards MoMA PS1 (left) and 22-22 Jackson Avenue (right).
Northwest corner from Jackson Avenue.
West facade.
Northwest corner from Jackson Avenue.
North facade from Jackson Avenue.
Northeast corner from Jackson Avenue.
East facade detail.
East facade detail.
North facade detail.
Southeast corner from Crane Street.
View of the ground floor interior.
Looking southwest on Jackson Avenue.
East facade (background) and the former 5 Pointz site (foreground) from Davis Street.
Southeast corner (center) and the former 5 Pointz site from Davis Street.
Southwest corner from the 7 subway train.
Architects: ODA; Program: Residential; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2016.
520 West 28th Street
Since the last update in September, foundations are wrapping up at Zaha Hadid Architects' 520 West 28th at the second section of the High Line. As construction ramps up, the 11-story, 40-unit condo has launched a teaser website and received some new construction fence signage.
Northeast corner of the site from the High Line's West 28th Street stairs.
Looking west from the High Line.
West 27th Street from the High Line.
Looking west on West 28th Street.
Northeast corner of the site from West 28th Street.
New construction fence signage.
New construction fence signage.
Northwest corner of the site from West 28th Street.
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects; Developers: Related; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
27 Wooster
Facade installation progresses at the 9-story, 16-unit condo building by KPF in the SoHo neighborhood. Since our exclusive tour last October, the majority of the exterior wall framing has been installed and the glazing has reached approximately half of the primary facade on Grand Street. The glazing is actually comprised of operable French doors with a glass-and-perforated metal railing which allows light, air and privacy for the residents inside. Construction looks to be on track for completion later this year.
Looking south on Wooster Street.
Northeast corner from Grand Street.
Northeast corner from Wooster Street.
Northeast corner detail.
North facade from Grand Street.
Northeast corner from Grand Street.
East facade from Wooster Street.
Southeast corner from Wooster Street.
Architects: KPF; Interior Designers: Thomas Juul-Hansen; Developers: 27 Wooster LLC (Axel Stawski and Anthony Leichter); Public Relations: M18; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
10 Sullivan Street
Concrete superstructure has reached the 11th floor at Cary Tamarkin's 16-story, 19 unit condo tower on the boundary of the SoHo and Hudson Square neighborhoods. The signature rounded corner of its southern elevation is fully evident and will provide panoramic views of Lower Manhattan when completed. Exterior scaffolding has started to go up on the lower floors in anticipation of installing the black and blonde Norman brick façade. Though no progress is evident, four four-story townhouses will eventually be constructed north of the tower on the same site.
Looking south on Avenue of the Americas.
Northwest corner from Avenue of the Americas.
West façade.
West façade.
Southern prow from Avenue of the Americas.
Southern prow from Avenue of the Americas.
Southern prow from Broome Street.
Southern prow from Sullivan Street.
Looking south on Sullivan Street.
Architects: Tamarkin Co. Architecture, Montroy Andersen DeMarco (MADGI); Developers: Property Markets Group (PMG), Madison Equities; Program: Residential; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
301 E 50
Construction is progressing at 301 E 50, COOKFOX Architects' 29-story, 57 unit condo tower in Manhattan's Midtown East neighborhood. Since the last update in November, installation of the facade's limestone panels and windows is significantly complete. Still absent on the facade are the windows' sun shading elements for mitigating solar heat gain. The project seems well on its way to wrapping up sometime this year.
Looking east on East 50th Street.
Southwest corner from 2nd Avenue.
Southwest corner of the tower.
Southwest corner of the podium.
South facade from East 50th Street.
Southwest corner from 2nd Avenue.
Looking north on 2nd Avenue.
Architects: COOKFOX Architects; Developer: CBSK Ironstate; Program: Residential; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
432 Park Avenue
Topping off has finally come for the tallest residential tower in New York and the western hemisphere, 432 Park Avenue. Standing at 1396 feet in height, Vinoly's tower actually rises above the roof of the recently opened One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. The exposed concrete tower features 122 residential units on 96 stories within a gridded facade of 10' x 10' windows. Cladding of glass curtain wall units has begun at the retail and mechanical equipment pavilion located adjacent to the tower, at the southeast corner of the site. Full completion is set for late 2015.
Looking south along Park Avenue at East 59th Street.
Northeast corner of the tower.
Northeast corner from Park Avenue and East 57th Street.
Northeast corner of the tower and 450 Park Avenue.
North facade from East 57th Street.
Southeast corner of the tower.
South facade from East 56th Street.
South facade of the retail pavilion from East 56th Street.
West facade of the retail pavilion.
South facade of the retail pavilion.
South facade at ground level.
Southeast corner from Park Avenue.
Southeast corner of the retail pavilion.
Southeast corner of the tower.
Architects: Rafael Vinoly Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects, LLP (Executive Architects); Interior Design: Deborah Berke Partners, Bentel & Bentel, Rafael Vinoly Architects, Lilla J. Smith, Harry Macklowe; Landscape Design: Zion Breen & Richardson Associates; Master Planner: Handel Architects LLP; Developers: CIM Group, Macklowe Properties; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
