CUMC Medical and Graduate Education Building
Construction is wrapping up at Columbia University Medical College's new Graduate and Education Building in Washington Heights. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler, the 14-story tower will house classroom, simulation and training facilities for the college when it opens this August. Dedicated on June 9, the building has been renamed the Roy and Diana Vagelos Education Center, after its initial donors P. Roy Vagelos, MD, a alumnus of Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S), and his wife, Diana Vagelos, an alumna of Barnard College and vice chair of the Trustees of Barnard College.
The building's iconic feature is the "Study Cascade," a south facing 14-story space, connected by a grand stair, with outdoor rooms and terraces to foster collaborative learning amongst students and faculty. Cement panels and wood clad the interior features of the "Study Cascade," while the exterior enclosure of floor-to-ceiling glass allows for open views of Manhattan and the Hudson River.
Construction is slated for completion some time next year, with the goal of achieving LEED gold certification.
Southeast corner from Haven Avenue.
Southeast corner from Haven Avenue.
Looking up at the southeast corner from Haven Avenue.
East façade from West 171st Street.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
South facade and outdoor stair.
Close-up of outdoor stair and southwest corner.
South facade and outdoor stair.
Ground floor south facade and outdoor stair.
Building name signage at the southeast corner of the lobby.
Lobby.
Interior grand stair.
Ground floor spandrel glazing at the east facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southwest corner.
Southwest corner.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler; Structural Engineer: Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA); Program: Education; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
The William Vale
Construction is wrapping up at Zelig Weiss and Riverside Developers’ The William Vale, a 21-story, 250-foot tower at 111 North 12th Street, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
View from the East River.
Designed by Albo Liberis, the mixed-use tower includes a 183-key four-star hotel at the top half. A duplex presidential suite occupies the top two floors, with a double height view of Brooklyn and the Manhattan skyline. The grand opening for the hotel is slated for July 11.
View from the East River.
Close-up of the hotel balconies.
Southwest corner from Wythe Avenue and North 12th Street.
Northwest corner from Wythe Avenue and North 13th Street.
Looking up at the north facade from North 13th Street.
Northeast corner from North 13th Street.
Close-up of the hotel balconies.
Southeast corner North 12th Street.
Southeast corner North 12th Street.
Rooftop
A large outdoor event space at the top floor offers a panoramic view of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. Andrew Carmellini and NoHo Hospitality Group will operate a rooftop bar that will open this summer.
Rooftop event space.
Panoramic view of Manhattan from the rooftop event space under construction.
View of Brooklyn from the outdoor event space.
Hotel Floor
Hotel floor signage.
Hotel floor elevator lobby.
Hotel corridor.
Hotel room number signage.
Hotel room entry.
Furniture detail.
Panoramic view from the private balcony.
Private balcony.
View of Long Island City from the private balcony.
View of Midtown from the private balcony.
Retail, Amenity, and Public Green Space
At the base of the tower, hotel guests will find resort-class amenities along with 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. A 15,000 square foot rooftop garden will provide green space to the public and will be accessible from a stair that cuts through the retail space. Included on the rooftop space, the hotel pool will be the longest hotel pool in the city at 60 feet.
Looking down on the rooftop garden from a hotel room balcony.
Rooftop garden details.
Stairway up to the rooftop garden space.
Architect: Albo Liberis; Developer: Zelig Weiss and Riverside Developers; Program: Hotel, Retail, Office; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: July 2016.
The Surf Club
A massive new development is underway at the site of the Russel Pancoast-designed Surf Club at Surfside Beach in Miami. Developed by Nadim Ashi's Fort Partners development company, The Surf Club features two new towers and an extensive renovation of the original 1930 Surf Club structures, all situated on a nine acre site with 965 feet of Atlantic Ocean frontage.
Looking north from Atlantic Way.
The Surf Club will feature a 77-room Four Seasons Hotel and 150 residences designed by Meier and designer Lee Mindel. Twelve penthouses will top both towers and be offered in simplex, duplex, and triplex configurations. The penthouses range in size from 5,400 to 7,500 square feet and feature large amounts of private outdoor terraces.
Southeast corner from Surfside Beach.
View of the site from Surfside Beach.
New York architect Richard Meier & Partners is leading the design, which features Meier's signature Modernist details and focus on transparency. The façade is dominated by a glass curtain wall that allows for floor to ceiling views out to the beach or the city from the hotel and condo units. For now, the façade has an intense blue tone due to the removable protective wrap over the glass.
East elevation from Surfside Beach.
East facade of the residential and hotel south tower.
East façade of the north tower.
Looking up at the east façade of the north tower.
Northeast corner of the residential north tower.
Façade mock-up in the foreground with the north tower in the background.
Façade corner close-up.
Northwest corner of the north tower.
West façade of the north tower.
Northwest corner of the south tower.
West façade of the south tower.
Southwest corner of the residential and hotel south tower from Collins Avenue.
The original 1930 Surf Club is undergoing an extensive restoration and renovation as part of the new development and will house some of the many amenities offered: private membership club, two restaurants, four swimming pools, spa and fitness center, beach cabanas, park, and oceanside gardens. Meier has collaborated with designer Lee Mindel on the new public spaces.
Inside "Peacock Alley" at the original Surf Club, undergoing extensive renovations.
East façade of the original Surf Club.
Original Surf Club façade detail.
The new courtyard.
The glass façade of the new residential tower, seen from the courtyard.
Inside the original Surf Club, under renovations.
Panorama of the view of Surfside Beach from the amenity deck.
Looking south at Surfside Beach from a penthouse unit.
Panorama of the penthouse view of Surfside Beach.
Penthouse outdoor terraces.
Panorama of a penthouse city view to the west.
Architects: Richard Meier & Partners Architects (Design Architect) with Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design (Executive Architect); Developer: Fort Partners; Interiors: Richard Meier & Partners Architects, Lee Mindel, Joseph Dirand; Landscape: Fernando Wong; Program: Hotel, Residential Condo; Location: Surfside, Miami, Florida; Completion: Late 2016.
One Thousand Museum
While Miami has seen construction booms in the past, the current resurgence has featured high profile architects from around the world. Cranes abound throughout the city, with towers rising from a list of names that rivals New York's current crop of signature skyscrapers. The project with the most attention has to be One Thousand Museum, a residential condo tower in Downtown Miami from the office of the late Zaha Hadid, a Pritzker Prize winning architect of international acclaim.
Southeast corner from Biscayne Boulevard.
Rendering courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects.
With concrete superstructure now surpassing its 12th floor, the 62-story tower joins a more modestly sized residential building under construction in New York as the first residential projects from Zaha Hadid in the United States. Hadid's Miami tower is located in Downtown Miami, adjacent to Museum Park and its two new museums, the Perez Art Museum and the soon to be completed Frost Science Museum.
Southeast corner from Biscayne Boulevard.
East facade from Biscayne Boulevard.
East facade from Biscayne Boulevard.
Northeast corner from Biscayne Boulevard.
Northeast corner.
Close-up of the concrete superstructure.
Close-up of the concrete superstructure.
looking up at the GFRC facade mock-up and the tower rising beyond.
Southwest corner from NE 2nd Avenue.
Residents entering by car will be received by a valet and doorman at a private porte-cochere accessed at the southern boundary along NE 10th Street. Parking will be available on floors two to seven. An adjacent lobby will offer access to the concierge and high-speed elevators to the residences above. The ground floor will also host a restaurant that stretches along Biscayne Boulevard at the eastern boundary of the site, with views to Museum Park across the street.
Lobby.
Lobby.
Drop-off entry.
Ground floor restaurant space.
Ground floor restaurant space.
Ground floor restaurant space.
Southeast corner of the ground floor restaurant space.
Looking east towards Museum Park and the American Airlines Arena from a parking level.
On levels eight and nine, residents will have access to a wellness and spa center that overlooks the outdoor Sun and Swim Terrace. The organic forms of the tower's structure are the backdrop for the outdoor pool deck and inform the flowing shapes of the pools and cabanas.
Northwest corner from Ten Museum.
Looking down on the future Sun and Swim Terrace from Ten Museum.
Eastern perimeter of the amenity floor.
Looking east towards the Frost Museum of Science and Museum Park from the amenity floor.
Future pool deck.
Superstructure is currently going up on the townhouse residences, with multi-story, half floor layouts on levels 10 through 14. Levels 15 through 49 will feature 4-bedroom half-floor residences, followed by 5-bedroom full-floor penthouses on levels 50 to 57. A duplex penthouse on levels 58 and 59 will feature a double height great room with terrace and a private pool. At the very top of the tower, an Aquatic Center and Sky Lounge will provide residents with an indoor pool and private event space with stunning views to the beach and the city. The roof of the tower has also been designed to accommodate Miami's first private helipad on a residential tower.
Northwest corner from Ten Museum.
After floor 15, Hadid's organic tower structure will transition from the traditional poured-in-place concrete with removable wood form-work to an innovative new solution, GFRC panels. Fabricated in Dubai, the glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) panels will serve as both form-work and outer shell, saving much construction time. One Thousand Museum will be the first tower in the U.S. to utilize the panels as permanent form-work and cladding.
Close-up of workers preparing rebar for the concrete superstructure.
When completed next year, 1000 Museum should prove to be another impressive project to add to Zaha Hadid's legacy.
View from Museum Park.
East facade from Museum Park.
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects (Design Architect), O’Donnell Dannwolf & Partners Architects (Executive Architect); Landscape Architect: Enea Garden Design; Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers; Developer: 1000 Biscayne Tower, LLC; Construction: Plaza Construction; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Downtown Miami; Completion: Late 2017.
Cornell Tech Campus
Progress continues at the new Cornell NYC Tech campus with façade installation continuing at the residential tower and beginning at the Bloomberg Center.
Construction continues at the new campus for Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. Steel erection is complete at Morphosis' Bloomberg Center and Weiss/Manfredi's co-location building, known as the Bridge at Cornell Tech. Façade installation has begun at the west façade of the Bloomberg Center. At the Hudson Companies' 26-story residential tower for graduate students, facade panel installation has reached the half way mark. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower will be the world's tallest project built to the Passive House standards for energy efficiency. Phase One looks to be on track for its mid 2017 opening date.
West elevations of the campus.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the west façade and canopy of the Bloomberg Center.
Southwest corner of the residential tower.
Northwest corner of the campus.
Close-up of the west façade and canopy of the Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the west façade of the Bloomberg Center.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the Bloomberg Center.
Northwest corner of the residential tower.
Northeast corner of the campus.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the residential tower.
Northeast corner of the Bridge.
Architects: SOM (Master Plan, Central Utility Plant), Morphosis (The Bloomberg Center), Weiss/Manfredi (The Bridge at Cornell Tech), Handel Architects (Residential Tower); Landscape Architects: Field Operations (Campus Plaza); Program: Education, Office, Residential, Open Space; Location: Roosevelt Island, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
160 Leroy
Preliminary site work is underway at Ian Schrager's curvy condo building on the Hudson River waterfront.
Preliminary site work is underway at Ian Schrager's curvy, 12-story condo building on the Hudson River waterfront. Designed by Herzog & deMeuron, architects of Schrager's 215 Chrystie and 40 Bond, the building features a curved façade of exposed concrete and floor to ceiling glass. The completed project will bring 49 condo units to its West Village neighborhood.
Southwest corner from the Hudson River Greenway.
Western site boundary from the Hudson River Greenway.
While superstructure has yet to rise, new signage announcing the project has been applied to the construction fence.
Close-up of the construction fence signage.
Northwest corner of the site from the Hudson River Greenway.
Northeast corner of the site from Washington Street.
Architects: Herzog & deMeuron (Design Architect), S9 A Perkins Eastman Affiliate Company (Executive Architect); Developer: Ian Schrager Company; Program: Residential; Location: West Village; Completion: 2017.
South Street Seaport: Pier 17
Exterior cladding begins at SHoP Architects' new retail building at Pier 17, part of the redevelopment of Howard Hughes Corporation's South Street Seaport.
Steel superstructure has topped out and exterior facade panels are going up at the Howard Hughes Corporation's new retail center at Pier 17. This new structure is part of the redevelopment of the site formerly home to Benjamin Thompson's 1983 structure of similar function. The 300,000 square foot retail project is designed by SHoP Architects, the firm also responsible for the nearby Pier 15 and the East River Waterfront Esplanade renovation.
Looking south from the East River Esplanade.
Currently, exterior wall panels are being installed on the third and fourth floor of the north facade. Each panel spans two floors and includes a center window surrounded by more opaque channel glass.
Exterior panels on the north facade.
Detail of the exterior panels.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: The Howard Hughes Corporation; Program: Retail; Location: Seaport District, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
503 West 24th Street - The Getty
Superstructure has reached above ground at Peter Marino Architects' luxury residential condo tower at the High Line.
Signs of progress are visible at the latest condo adjacent to the High Line. Located on the site of the former Getty gas station, the 11-story condo tower by Victor Homes and Michael Shvo has started to rise above ground. The first few concrete floor slabs have been poured but concealed behind protective construction fencing.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue and West 25th Street.
Peter Marino, an architect often known for his fashionable interiors for luxury brands, is responsible for the design of the low-rise tower. According to previously published renderings, the tower will feature a facade of dark metal and glass at varied widths throughout. An art gallery is slated for the ground floor, a typical tenant for retail space in the neighborhood.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
East elevation from 10th Avenue.
Southeast corner from 10th Avenue and West 24th Street.
Southeast corner from 10th Avenue.
Architect: Peter Marino; Developer: Victor Homes and Michael Shvo ; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: High LIne, Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
55 Hudson Yards
Structure begins to rise at Related Companies' 55 Hudson Yards, one of many towers underway at the Hudson Yards mega-development.
After nearly a decade in planning, a tower is finally rising at 55 Hudson Yards. The project was first envisioned as an office tower for the medical industry when Extell was leading the development. Since then, the site has transferred to the Related Companies with a broader office and retail program.
Northwest corner from West 34th Street and 11th Avenue.
Design of the 51-story, 780-foot tower is led by Kohn Pedersen Fox with Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. The design of the tower's massing features a tenth floor setback that affords an outdoor terrace with views of the larger development as well as Hudson Park and the High Line.
Close-up of the northeast corner (right), with 30 Hudson Yards (center) and Three Manhattan West (left) rising beyond.
In its first iteration, the medical tower sported a diagrid facade. With the change in developers and program came a redesign that features a curtain wall with black metal mullion caps that create a grid of chamfered rectangles.
Looking up at the north facade from West 34th Street.
Northeast corner from West 34th Street.
East facade from Hudson Park.
East facade of 55 Hudson Yards (background) and the entrance to the 34th Street-Hudson Yards station in Hudson Park (foreground).
East facade from Hudson Park.
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox with Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates; Developer: The Related Companies; Contractor: Gilbane; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
520 West 28th Street
Work begins on the metal screen at Related and Zaha Hadid Architects' 520 W 28 at the High Line.
Installation has begun on the hand-rubbed metal screen at Related's 520 W 28 residential condo tower. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the 11-story, 40-unit condo flanks the western edge of the High Line at 28th Street. The metal screen functions as a finished cover for the concrete slabs, which are not covered by the glass panels of the window wall system. A typical glass curtain wall is installed along the perimeter of the tower's slabs effectively covering them, while a window wall sits in between the slabs some distance inside from the edge. Hadid uses the slab covering as an opportunity to express and emphasize the softened edges at the corners and create the building's signature element of floors that meld with walls. The intricacy of their shapes require a technological artisanry, as they are formed by unique, laser cut pieces.
When completed, the building should be a fitting testament to the avant garde vision of Zaha Hadid, who died earlier this year.
East facade from West 28th Street.
East facade from the High Line.
Detail of the metal facade installed at the southeast slab edge.
Southeast facade from the High LIne.
Detail of the metal facade installed at the southeast slab edge.
Looking north from the High Line towards 520 W 28 (left), 10 Hudson Yards (right), and 507 W 28 (far right).
East facade from West 27th Street.
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects; Developers: Related; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
