Building Tour: Austin Nichols House
Southeast corner from Kent Avenue.
Construction is underway at the Austin Nichols House, a seven-story rental-to-condo conversion at 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. Developed by Kushner Companies and LIVWRK, the project will bring 338 luxury condo units to the neighborhood.
Waterfront esplanade.
Morris Adjmi Architects is leading the redesign of the 1915 warehouse, originally designed by the Woolworth Building architect Cass Gilbert. In its first life, the warehouse was home to Austin, Nichols & Co., once the city’s largest grocer and distributor of Wild Turkey.Morris Adjmi, of course, also designed the conversion of the nearby Wythe Hotel.
Residential entry.
The lobby.
The residential lobby features a green living wall, hexagonal Italian tile flooring, and hand painted cement columns in a 20-foot-high space.
Another view of the lobby.
Concierge desk detail.
Grand stair to the amenity floor.
Residents will have access to a floor of amenities that include co-working spaces, a resident cafe and catering kitchen, children’s playroom, theatre, music rehearsal rooms, and on-site parking. These amenities look onto a central zen garden and courtyard with landscaping, elevated walkways and a fire pit. A rooftop sun deck offers waterfront views and spaces for sunbathing, lounging and private events.
Amenity lounge.
The lounge.
The fitness center is located on the west end of the building, allowing for views of the North Brooklyn waterfront and the Manhattan skyline.
Waterfront gym.
Residences are loft-style with 12-foot-high ceilings and the original elements of the Cass Gilbert structure. Chevron-laid tobacco smoked oak flooring and Egyptian Revivalist-style windows accent the units.
Living room.
Manhattan waterfront view from the living room.
Kitchens include matte-lacquered custom cabinetry with brushed concrete countertops and custom light pendants by local designers Matter Made.
Kitchen.
Bedroom.
Master bathrooms feature Pietre d’Italia mosaic tiled floors, honed Giolia Carrera stone walls, custom walnut vanities, and Matter Made light pendants.
Bathroom.
Unit number entry signage.
Living room.
Bedroom.
Living room in a courtyard-facing unit.
Courtyard view.
Bedroom.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developers: Kushner Companies and LIVWRK; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: 360 East 89th Street
Southeast corner from First Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out and facade installation is wrapping up 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.
Close-up of the south façade.
Looking up at the east facade from First Avenue.
The project will contain 78 condo units in a range from one- to four-bedrooms at 875 to 2,850 square feet. Construction completion is slated for 2017.
Close-up of the east façade.
Northeast corner from First Avenue.
Close-up of the north façade.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: Anbau; Program: Residential, Parking; Location: Upper East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: Koch Center for Cancer Care
Northwest corner from East 74th Street.
Construction is underway at the Koch Center for Cancer Care, which will feature two science and medical facilities sharing a single site on the Upper East Side waterfront. Memorial Sloan Kettering will offer outpatient treatment programs with its 750,000-square-feet cancer care facility. CUNY-Hunter College will house academic science and nursing facilities in their 336,000-square-foot Science and Health Professions building.
Northeast corner from FDR Drive.
The building massing breaks down what would be a dense extruded volume into a series of smaller, interconnected chunks. Voids in the overall massing allow for outdoor terraces.
Looking up at the east facade.
Facade installation is underway at the east and south facades. The facade features terra cotta and glass panels of varying sizes that create a vertically oriented pattern. Vertical terra cotta fins of varying depths also contribute to the pattern while offering shade and mitigating the effects of solar heat gain and glare.
Facade panels installed at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from FDR Drive.
Close-up of the facade panels at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from FDR Drive.
Panels installed at the south facade.
West facade from East 73rd Street.
Architect: Ennead Architects with Perkins Eastman; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles; Curtainwall Consultant: Entek Engineering, LLC, Heintges & Associates; Client: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, CUNY-Hunter College; Program: Outpatient Cancer Care and Research; Location: Upper East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Building Tour: 1 John Street
Construction is complete at 1 John Street, the residential building located at the northern fringes of Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO. The project is jointly developed by Alloy Development and Monadnock Development.
The 42-unit, 12 story condominium offers two, three and four bedroom apartments designed by Alloy Development, founded by architect Jared Della Valle. For the design of the exterior facade, large windows set into brick follow a gradient in size, such that the ratio of solid to glass increases towards the top of the building. Windows are motorized to allow for the entire unit to open when needed.
Penthouse A
One of the last remaining units is Penthouse A, a 4-bedroom and 4-bathroom triplex unit with a private terrace on the third level. Inside the 3,000-square-foot unit, large open spaces accommodate living, dining, and kitchen areas that have visual connection to each other and the exterior. From large windows, residents have views of Brooklyn Bridge Park, the East River, and the Brooklyn and Manhattan skyline.
Kitchens feature double rough sawn oak islands and Gaggenau appliances.
The master bath features an Italian freestanding soaking tub with a wood feature wall and Dornbracht/Fantini fixtures.
A courtyard off of the kitchen leads to a rooftop terrace with a gas grill and outdoor fireplace.
Beyond the waterfront views, the building's amenities include a gym, bike storage, and landscaped roof deck with cabanas. On the first floor, the building houses an annex of the Brooklyn Children's Museum, currently located in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
Architects: Alloy Development; Developers: Alloy Development and Monadnock Development; Program: Residential, Retail, Cultural; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2016.
Construction Update: 121 East 22nd Street
North facade from East 23rd Street.
Construction is underway at 121 East 22nd Street, the two-tower residential development in the Flatiron District from Toll Brothers City Living and Gemdale Properties and Investment. OMA's New York office, led by partner Shohei Shigematsu, is responsible for the design of the 18-story residential tower, the firm's first in the city.
North facade from East 23rd Street.
The larger tower will rise 18-stories at the corner of East 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue. Addressing the neighborhood's pre-war architectural context, the facade features a punched window design that transitions to a faceted northeast corner with glazing that frames views from multiple angles. The smaller tower is located mid-block on East 22nd Street and features a faceted facade similar to the larger tower's northeast corner.
Construction on the project is slated for some time in 2018.
East facade from Lexington Avenue.
East facade from Lexington Avenue.
Intersection of Lexington Avenue and East 22nd Street.
South facade from East 22nd Street.
Looking up at the south facade from East 22nd Street.
South facade from East 22nd Street.
South facade detail.
Architects: OMA NY (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Architect of Record); Developers: Toll Brothers City Living with Gemdale Properties and Investment; Program: Residential; Location: Flatiron District, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
1040 Dean Street
Looking south on Franklin Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at 1036 Dean Street, the 8-story residential rental building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Developed by Yoel Goldman’s Brooklyn GC with design by ODA, the building will offer 106 rental units ranging from studios to 2-bedrooms.
Northeast corner from Franklin Avenue.
The building's massing features ODA's customary boxy theme with terraces starting on the seventh floor as the envelope erodes at the corner and along both street fronts. Large, industrial style windows with metal slab and column covers clad the primary facades, evoking an industrial style common to recent Brooklyn developments.
Northeast corner from Franklin Avenue.
Franklin Avenue facade close-up.
Facade close-up.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Looking west on Dean Street at the northeast corner.
Close-up of the Dean Street facade.
Intersection of Franklin Avenue and Bergen Street.
Architect: ODA; Developer: Yoel Goldman of Brooklyn GC; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2017.
242 West 53rd Street
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Concrete superstructure is rising at Algin Management's 62-story, 426-unit mixed-use tower in Midtown's Theater District. Designed by CetraRuddy, the 674-foot tower features an organic massing tied to the distribution and size of units. Rental units will start on the fourth floor, with the lower floors split among 16,514 square feet of retail space and amenities for the residents.
Looking up at the northeast corner of the tower from West 53rd Street.
Looking up at the north facade of the tower from West 53rd Street.
Northwest corner of the tower from West 53rd Street.
Northwest corner of the tower's concrete superstructure.
Northwest corner of the tower from 8th Avenue.
Architect: CetraRuddy; Developer: Algin Management; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
A/D/O
Southwest corner from Banker Street.
A creative hub from automaker BMW/MINI has opened in Greenpoint. Known as A/D/O, the office space for creatives is housed in a former warehouse in the Brooklyn neighborhood. nArchitects, a Brooklyn-based firm, has led the conversion of the 25,000-square-foot space.
The architects have sought to preserve the spirit of the former warehouse with strategic alterations on the exterior. A diagonal slice through the southwest corner creates a grand entry defined by a new diagonal structural element and new glazing. New doors and windows have also been inserted into the remaining original graffiti-covered brick walls.
New main entry carved out of the existing structure at the southwest corner.
Periscope skylight.
South facade from Norman Avenue.
Southeast corner from Norman Avenue.
Architect: nArchitects; Client: BMW/MINI; Program: Office, Commercial, Retail; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Fall 2016.
Court Square
Looking east on 44th Drive at the northwest corner of the block.
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.
Looking east along Jackson Avenue.
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. Construction scaffolding has started to come down, revealing the brick, metal panel, and glass facade. Completion is set for later this year.
Northwest corner of the block with Watermark Court Square (right) and The Edison (far right).
Close-up of the west facade of Watermark Court Square.
The Edison
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 work on the brick and glass facade is wrapping up. 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 Watermark Court Square (left) and The Edison (right).
West facade of Watermark Court Square (left) and The Edison (center), and .
Looking north from the intersection of 44th Drive and Thomson Avenue with The Hayden (left), Watermark Court Square (center), The Edison (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 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. Work on the facade is nearly complete, with full completion slated for later this year.
The Edison (center) and 44-28 Purves Street (right) from Thomson Avenue.
Looking south on Jackson Avenue towards 44-28 Purves Street.
The Hayden
Located across Jackson Avenue, to the north of the block, Rockrose's 50-story tower is wrapping up construction as well. Designed by SLCE, the 509-foot-tall tower features a facade of window wall and light metal slab covers that emphasize the floor slabs. The tower will offer 974 apartments for rent, comprised of studio, one-, and two-bedrooms. Leasing is set to begin later this year.
Looking up at The Hayden (left), with Watermark Court Square (right) and The Edison (far right) in the background.
Southwest corner of The Hayden from Jackson Avenue.
Looking up at the Hayden.
Architects: Handel Architects (Watermark Court Square), GF55 Partners (The Edison) FXFOWLE (44-28 Purves Street), SLCE (The Hayden); Developers: Twining Properties (Watermark Court Square), Silvercup Studios (The Edison), Brause Realty and the Gotham Organization (44-28 Purves Street), Rockrose (The Hayden); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Court Square, Long Island City, NY; Completion: 2017.
The Kent - 200 E 95
Northwest corner from Third Avenue.
Construction is progressing at The Kent, Extell's 30-story residential condo tower in the Yorkville neighborhood on the Upper East Side. Beyer Blinder Belle is behind the design of the tower, with interior design of the 104 condo units by Champalimaud. Units range in size from two-to-five bedrooms.
North facade from East 95th Street.
The exterior of the tower will be clad in contextual mixture of brick, limestone, and metal with large windows throughout. Corner windows will provide panoramic views of the neighborhood. A residential entry off of 95th Street will feature limestone detailing with a metal and glass marquee.
Looking up at the west facade from Third Avenue.
Southwest corner from Third Avenue.
Close-up of the brick and glass west facade.
Close-up of the brick and glass facade at the northwest corner.
Condo units feature 10 to 15 foot ceilings for ample daylight, custom millwork, and a choice of hardwood flooring in Ebonized or Brushed Oak. The opportunity to customize the unit extends to the kitchen finishes, with a choice between three color palettes.
Penthouse views feature panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline and the East River waterfront.
View to the south.
View to the southwest.
View to the west.
View to the northwest.
View to the east.
View to the southeast.
Residential amenities will include a double height lobby, drawing room, indoor pool and sauna, a fitness center, indoor/outdoor children's play area, garden salon, and a "sound lounge" designed by Lenny Kravitz.
Looking up at the northwest corner of the tower.
Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle; Interiors: Champalimaud; Landscape: West 8; Developer: Extell Development Company; Program: Residential; Location: Yorkville, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
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