CUMC Medical and Graduate Education Building
Facade work nears completion at Columbia University Medical College's new Medical and Graduate Education Building in Washington Heights.
Curtain wall installation nears completion at Columbia University Medical College's new Graduate and Education Building in Washington Heights. The glass façade has been installed on both the normative northern half and the more lively southern half that houses the "Study Cascade," with only the cladding of the concrete slabs and walls left to be completed. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler, the 14-story tower will house classroom, simulation and training facilities for the college. Within the "Study Cascade," students and faculty will be able to gather in a variety of spaces. Floor to ceiling glass will allow for open views of Manhattan and the Hudson River.
Construction is slated for completion some time this year, with the goal of achieving LEED gold certification.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler; Program: Education; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Court Square
Construction continues on one of Queens' most active blocks for development, as three towers rise simultaneously.
Construction continues in Court Square at one of Queens' most active blocks for development. Bounded by Jackson Avenue to the north and Purves Street and 44th Drive to the east and west, this block in Long Island City currently has three towers under construction simultaneously.
Northwest corner of the block with 44-28 Purves Street (center),Watermark Court Square (right), and 27-21 44th Drive (far right).
Northwest corner of Watermark Court Square (left) and 27-21 44th Drive (right).
Watermark Court Square
Twining Properties' 27-story, 150,000 square foot rental tower sits mid block, facing 44th Drive. Known as Watermark Court Square, the Handel Architects' designed tower will offer 168 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. At the ground floor, the building will offer 2,500 square feet of retail space. Currently the concrete superstructure has reached the sixth floor.
West facade of Watermark Court Square.
27-21 44th Drive
Directly adjacent to the Twining Properties' tower, Silvercup Studios is developing a 26-story, 120 unit condo tower at 27-21 44th Drive. GF55 Partners is designing and construction has surpassed the 18th floor with its concrete superstructure. Along with the 105,562 square feet of residential space, the ground floor will feature 6,780-square feet of commercial space.
Looking up at the west facade of 27-21 44th Drive.
West facade of Watermark Court Square (left), 27-21 44th Drive (center), and 44-28 Purves Street (right).
West facade of Watermark Court Square (left), 27-21 44th Drive (center), and 44-28 Purves Street (right).
Looking north from the intersection of 44th Drive and Thomson Avenue with 43-25 Hunter Street (left), Watermark Court Square (center), 27-21 44th Drive (right), and 44-28 Purves Street (far right).
44-28 Purves Street
The third project on the block, a 35-story rental tower at 44-28 Purves Street, sits at the south end, nearest to Thomson Avenue. Developed by Brause Realty and the Gotham Organization, the tower features a massing of layered vertical slabs that will increase the number of corner units from the typical rectangular extruded site footprint of many towers. The tower's east west orientation will offer residents with views towards Queens to the east and Lower Manhattan to the west. A mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments will be offered from the tower's 270 units. Retail space and amenities will be located in a two story podium that spans the block. Superstructure has now surpassed the 18th floor and window wall installation has begun on the east facade.
44-28 Purves Street from Thomson Avenue.
Looking north towards 27-21 44th Drive (left) and 44-28 Purves Street (right).
Looking up at the east facade from Purves Street.
Looking south on Purves Street towards 44-28 Purves Street.
525 West 52nd Street
Superstructure has topped out at Taconic Investment Partners and Mitsui Fudosan America's two tower development in Hell's Kitchen.
Superstructure has topped out at 525 West 52nd Street, a two-tower rental development in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Developed by Taconic Investment Partners and Mitsui Fudosan America, the project brings 392 rental units to the neighborhood.
Handel Architects' design for the project includes a 22-story tower on West 53rd Street and a 14-story tower fronting West 52nd Street. Both towers are connected by a ground floor lobby and retail space that spans the block. A 13,486-square-foot courtyard will be located between the two towers at the second floor, offering an open space amenity. Combined, the towers will offer 392 units 80 of which will be offered through the affordable housing program.
Along with reaching the topping out milestone, brick and window installation is underway on the West 52nd Street facade. Completion is expected for 2017.
Northwest corner from the intersection of 11th Avenue and West 53rd Street.
Northwest corner from West 53rd Street.
Looking up at the north facade at the West 53rd Street tower.
Looking up at the north facade at the West 53rd Street tower.
Northeast corner from West 53rd Street.
South facade from West 52nd Street.
Looking up at the south facade from West 52nd Street.
Close-up of the brick and glass facade at West 52nd Street.
Looking up at the South facade from West 52nd Street.
Looking east towards the northwest corner of the project and the Mercedes House from De Witt Clinton Park.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Taconic Investment Partners and Mitsui Fudosan America; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
American Copper Buildings
JDS Development Group re-brands its twin towers at 626 First Avenue and opens up the skybridge for a construction tour.
JDS Development Group has re-branded its twin residential rental towers at 626 First Avenue on the East River waterfront in Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects, the towers will now be known as the American Copper Buildings. The change came alongside an event to unveil the skybridge, which connects the sloping 41 and 49-story towers with amenities such as an indoor lap pool and residents' lounge. Structure for the bridge has been completed with cladding yet to come.
Curtain wall installation continues for the project's signature copper cladding on the north and south facades, with only a few floors left to be enclosed on either tower. The east and west facades feature a glass curtain wall that allows for expansive views of the East River waterfront and the Midtown skyline.
Construction is slated to wrap up on both towers by 2017.
Double height amenity space.
Inside the top level of the skybridge.
Close-up of the copper and glass north facade.
A view of the Empire State Building and the copper facade from the skybridge.
Close-up of the south copper and glass facade.
East facade of the skybridge under construction.
Skybridge structure.
Skybridge structure detail.
View of the Queens waterfront and Roosevelt Island from the skybridge.
Architects: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Murray Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Hunters Point Community Library
Concrete surpasses the two-thirds mark at Steven Holl Architects' Hunters Point Community Library on the Queens waterfront.
Progress continues on the cast-in-place concrete structure at Steven Holl Architects' public library on the Queens' waterfront in Hunters Point.
Situated among the recent crop of towers on the waterfront in Hunters Point, the structure will rise to approximately 104 feet. Inside, the building embraces the library typology's new role as community hub with a diverse array of programs. An adult reading collection, children's area, teen area, cyber-center, conference room and outdoor amphitheater are all housed in the 22,000 square foot structure. This diversity in program is registered on the building's facades with large organic openings that provide light and views out. At night, the light will shine through the openings, a dramatic lantern on the Queens waterfront visible to the community and Manhattan.
Currently, the cast-in-place concrete exterior walls have surpassed two-thirds of the library's final height. Completion is slated for sometime next year.
Northwest corner from Gantry State Park.
Northwest corner from Gantry State Park.
Southwest corner from Gantry State Park.
West facade.
East facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Northeast corner.
Architect: Steven Holl Architects; Client: New York City Department of Design and Construction, Queens Library; Program: Library; Location: Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2017.
45 East 22nd Street - Madison Square Park Tower
Close to topping out at developer Bruce Eichner and KPF's 777-foot-tall tower in the Flatiron District.
Superstructure is close to topping out at 45 East 22nd Street. Developed by Bruce Eichner of The Continuum Company, the 65-story, 777-foot tower rising near Madison Square Park will eclipse the 618-foot-tall One Madison. The tower is designed by prolific New York architects Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Nestled mid block amongst the low-rise masonry and stone buildings typical of the Flatiron District, the tower's five-story base will be clad in granite. The granite coursing and bronze detailing of the entry doors and canopy will tie into the neighborhood context and welcome the tower's residents and guests.
From the 75-foot wide granite base, the glass tower rises towards its 777-foot apex, tapering outward on the western facade to a final width of 125 feet. The tower's floor-to-ceiling glass cladding will offer panoramic views of New York and New Jersey. Eighty-three residences will be offered in a variety of configurations from simplex, duplex, full-floor and penthouse homes. Interiors designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio will take inspiration from the Art Deco and Moderne precedents of the neighborhood.
Residents will have access to five floors of amenities in the granite-clad base, including a library, fitness center, children's playroom, living room, and billiard's room. The Upper Club at the 54th floor will offer an entertainment suite with catering and demonstration kitchens for all residents.
Completion of the tower is slated for late 2016.
View of the Met Life Tower (left), 45 E 22 (center), and One Madison (rigtht) from 5th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade from East 23rd Street.
Looking up at the southeast corner of the tower from East 22nd Street.
Looking up at the south facade from East 22nd Street.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the tower from East 22nd Street.
Looking up at the west facade with One Madison reflected in the curtain wall.
One Madison reflected in the glass curtain wall.
Looking east on East 22nd Street.
45 East 22nd Street (center) rising above Union Square.
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF); Interior Architect: Martin Brudnizki Design Studio; Landscape Architect: Oehme van Sweden; Developer: The Continuum Company; Program: Residential; Location: Flatiron District, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
360 E 89
Superstructure has reached the two-thirds mark at Citizen 360, a residential tower by developer Anbau and SHoP Architects.
Superstructure has reached the two-thirds mark at Citizen 360, a residential tower by developer Anbau and SHoP Architects. The 34-story condo tower features a 7-story podium clad in glass, metal, and stone which transitions to brick cladding on the tower. Vertical bands of glass are arranged in a varied pattern throughout the facade, creating variety that contrasts with the regularized grid of windows on the adjacent towers.
The project will contain 78 condo units in a range from one- to four-bedrooms at 875 to 2,850 square feet. Construction is slated for 2017.
Southeast corner from First Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade from First Avenue.
Northeast corner from First Avenue.
West facade from East 89th Street.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: Anbau; Program: Residential, Parking; Location: Upper East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
NYU Langone Medical Center Expansion
Checking in on the progress at two projects underway for the NYU Langone Medical Center's campus transformation.
NYU Langone Medical Center is undergoing a major effort to renovate and expand its campus in the Kips Bay neighborhood. Already, the master plan has seen major renovations to Tisch Hospital. Now, two major new construction projects from Ennead Architects and NBBJ are underway simultaneously as the Science Building and the Kimmel Pavilion both rise at either end of the campus.
NYU Langone Science Building
At the corner of East 30th Street and the FDR Service Road, the NYU Langone Science Building will provide 10 floors of laboratory space dedicated to research within its 365,000 square foot tower. The tower is predominantly clad in a glass curtain wall that features glass fins and a white, horizontal frit pattern that both work to mitigate the sun's impact on its eastern and southern exposure. Currently, the building's steel superstructure is one floor from topping out and curtain wall installation has begun on the lower half of the tower. LEED Gold is being targeted for the tower.
Southeast corner from the FDR Drive Service Road.
Close-up of the southeast corner of the tower facade and mockup of the stone cladding at the ground floor.
Looking up at the east facade from the FDR Drive Service Road.
Looking up at the southeast corner from East 30th Street.
Looking up at the south facade from East 30th Street.
Close-up of the southeast corner of the tower facade.
Southwest corner from East 30th Street.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the tower facade.
Southwest corner from East 30th Street.
Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion
Located adjacent to Tisch Hospital at the northern edge of the medical campus, the Kimmel Pavilion's 830,000-square-foot tower will bring modernized patient care to the campus. The project includes high-efficiency operating rooms and single-bed inpatient rooms with a connection to Tisch Hospital at imaging and procedural floors. Presently, the steel superstructure has reached floor 18 of 21 and installation of the tower's curtain wall has begun on the western facade.
Northeast corner from East 34th Street and FDR Drive.
Northwest corner from First Avenue and East 34th Street.
West facade from First Avenue.
Close-up of the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Architects: Ennead Architects with NBBJ; Client: NYU Langone Medical Center; Program: Healthcare; Location: Kips Bay, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
220 Central Park South
Superstructure has surpassed the one-third mark and limestone panels are going up at Vornado and Robert A.M. Stern's 220 Central Park South skyscraper.
Superstructure is on the rise at Vornado Realty Trust's skyscraper at 220 Central Park South. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the 950-foot-tall, 66-story tower will bring 87 residential condo units to the Central Park South neighborhood. Currently, the tower's structure appears to have reached approximately the 24th floor, surpassing the one-third mark for height. Also underway is the installation of the windows and limestone cladding, a signature of Stern's luxury towers in New York. Completion is set for sometime in 2017 and the project is already over 50 percent sold.
Southeast corner from West 58th Street.
Close-up of the facade at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the southeast corner of the tower.
Looking up at the south elevation of the tower.
Looking up at the south elevation of the tower.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the west facade.
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Executive Architect); Structural Engineer: Desimone Consulting Engineers; Facade Consultant: Heintges; General Contractor: Lendlease; Developer: Vornado Realty Trust; Program: Residential; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
42 Crosby Street
Exterior wall nears completion at Selldorf Architects' seven-story condo building in SoHo.
Exterior wall installation nears completion at Selldorf Architects' 42 Crosby Street in the heart of the SoHo neighborhood. The seven story residential condo building is being developed by Atlas Capital Group. Selldorf's facade includes floor to ceiling sliding doors, glass guardrails, metal mesh spandrel panels, and round steel fins that define the window bays. The metal facade should produce a nice tension between the lighter cast iron and masonry structures that surround it.
South facade from Broome Street.
Southeast corner from the intersection of Broome and Crosby Street.
Looking up at the east facade from Crosby Street.
Close-up of the facade.
Nine residential condo units, each with three bedrooms, will occupy the primary structure. A duplex penthouse will occupy the top two floors, with a rooftop structure setback 20 feet from the lot line and an occupiable terrace. Retail and a residential lobby will be located at the ground floor. Underground, ten parking spots are available to the tenants and priced at one million dollars each.
Looking south along Crosby Street.
Architect: Selldorf Architects; Developer: Atlas Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
