Construction Update D.C.: Midtown Center
Southeast corner from L Street NW.
Construction is well underway at Midtown Center, an office complex in downtown Washington, D.C. Developed by Carr Properties, the 12-story, 862,000 RSF complex is built on the site of the former Washington Post headquarters.
Close-up of the south façade of the west tower.
SHoP Architects has designed the complex with a c-shaped footprint, with retail wrapping around a public plaza and office floors above. The east and west office blocks will be connected by a network of pedestrian bridges at multiple floors. A 5,000 SF rooftop terrace and shared conference space caps the office building.
Looking up at the east facade of the east tower.
The office block is clad in a glass-and-copper façade designed with panels that gradually rotate outward to provide solar shading without compromising views. Over time, the copper elements of the curtain wall will gradually patina.
Close-up of the east facade of the east tower.
Close-up of the east facade of the east tower.
Looking up at the southeast corner of the east tower.
Looking up at the south facade.
Pedestrian bridges connecting the east and west tower.
Looking up at the south façade of the west tower.
Close-up of the west façade of the west tower.
Close-up of the west façade of the west tower.
Close-up of the curtain wall connection to the slab.
Southwest corner from L Street NW.
Architect: SHoP Architects, WDG; Developer: Carrr Properties; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Downtown Washington, D.C.; Completion: 2018.
Tour: 555Ten
West façade from 11th Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at Extell's 555Ten, a 650-foot residential rental tower in the Hudson Yards Special District. Designed by SLCE, the 56-story rectangular tower sits at the northern edge of the Hudson Yards neighborhood and is clad in a blue glass curtain wall.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
Looking up at the east façade.
Lobby.
Amenities
Amenities in the building include a fitness center on the 12th floor with Midtown skyline views and an adjacent outdoor terrace. A covered outdoor dog park is also located on the 12th floor terrace.
Outdoor terrace at the 12th floor.
Outdoor dog park at the 12th floor.
Model Units
Starting on the 14th floor, the building offers 478 market-rate rentals ranging from studios to three-bedroom units. Each offers premium finishes with a choice of Sunrise (light) or Sunset (dark) interior color schemesand in unit washer and dryer.
Living/dining room.
Kitchen.
Bedroom.
Studio.
Rooftop Amenities
At the 56th floor, residents will have access to an indoor lounge and an outdoor pool and sundeck with Midtown views. A play area offers a private bowling alley, an arcade, and a children’s playroom.
Clubroom.
Clubroom.
Rooftop outdoor pool.
View to the south from the sundeck.
View to the southeast from the sundeck.
View to the north.
View to the north from the sundeck.
Bowling alley in the play area.
Architect: SLCE Architects; Developer: Extell Development Company; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: 115 Delancey Street
Northwest corner from Delancey Street.
After mostly sitting vacant since 1967, a six acre area of the Lower East Side has begun it's transformation into a mixed use development with nine building sites. Now known as Essex Crossing, the $1 billion development will include residential, office, retail, cultural and community space. The mega development is overseen by a joint venture of L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners, and Goldman Sachs.
Site 2, located at 115 Delancey Street, features a 24-story tower with a five-story podium that will houses part of the Essex Street Market. Designed by Handel Architects, the mixed-use tower is the largest project in the 9-site mega development. Along with the market space and 195 rental units, half of which will fall under the affordable housing program, the tower will also house a 14-screen movie theater, an urban farm on the podium roof, and amenities for the residents. Currently, the steel superstructure for the podium is complete and installation of the bronze-toned metal panels continue to be installed on the podium façades.
Northeast corner from Delancey Street.
East façade
Southeast corner from Broome Street.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developers: Delancey Street Associates (Taconic Investment Partners LLC, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, Goldman Sachs); Location: Essex Crossing, Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Tour: The Standish
Looking up at the west façade.
Construction is wrapping up on the façade restoration at The Standish, a 12-story condo conversion in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. Located a block from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, the 1903 structure originally served as the Standish Arms Hotel before its sale to the Jehovah’s Witness in 1981, leading to a conversion to housing. Now, DDG and Westbrook Partners are in the process of converting the rentals to 29 condo apartments ranging in size from one- to five-bedrooms.
Close-up of the west facade.
DDG is leading the design of the condo conversion, which involves a complete renovation of both interior and exterior. For the façade, DDG has conducted an extensive survey of Beaux-Arts style precedents and worked with preservation consultants to inform the restoration. The historic brick has been repaired and a breathable coating added to help it age better. Work has also gone into restoring the limestone at the base, along with the terracotta lintels and bay windows.
Close-up of the west facade's bay windows with terracotta lintels.
Close-up of the façade ornamentation.
Close-up of the façade ornamentation.
Lower Manhattan from the future rooftop terrace.
View north from the future rooftop terrace.
View south from the future rooftop terrace.
View east from the future rooftop terrace.
Architect: DDG; Developer: DDG and Westbrook Partners; Program: Residential Condo Renovation; Location: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2018.
Tour: 525 West 52nd Street
Looking east along West 53rd Street.
Construction is wrapping up at 525 West 52nd Street, Taconic Investment Partners and Mitsui Fudosan America's two-tower rental development in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.
Close-up of the north tower façade.
Located on a mid-block site, Handel Architects' design for the project includes a 22-story tower on West 53rd Street and a 14-story tower fronting West 52nd Street.
Looking up at the north tower from West 53rd Street.
Northeast corner of the north tower from West 53rd Street.
Close-up of the north tower façade.
Southeast corner of the south tower from West 52nd Street.
south tower from West 52nd Street.
Looking up at the south tower from West 52nd Street.
South tower entry.
Both towers are connected by a ground floor lobby and retail space that spans the site. A 13,486-square-foot courtyard will be located between the two towers at the second floor, offering an open space amenity. Other amenities include a fitness center with yoga studio, lounge and private event space with catering kitchen, sports lounge, golf simulators, library, screening room, conference rooms, rooftop lounge, and bicycle and resident storage.
Lobby
Lobby lounge.
Lobby lounge.
Lobby atrium.
Amenities
Second floor amenity space entry.
Party lounge.
Fitness Center.
Model Apartments
Combined, the towers will offer 392 units, ranging in size from studios through two-bedrooms, 80 of which will be offered through the affordable housing program. Ash NYC staged and designed several apartments across the two towers.
Two Bedroom
Private outdoor terrace at the south tower.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Taconic Investment Partners and Mitsui Fudosan America; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: Institute for Contemporary Arts at VCU
East facade from West Broad Street.
Steven Holl Architects' latest museum, the Institute for Contemporary Art's Markel Center, is taking shape in Richmond, Virginia on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Southeast corner from West Broad Street.
The centerpiece of the design is the 33 foot high forum located at the intersection of West Broad Street and North Belvidere Street. Off of this main forum volume, visitors can access the 240-seat auditorium, sculpture garden, and the four contemporary art galleries that fork into multiple volumes along West Broad Street.
Southeast corner from West Broad Street.
South facade from North Belvidere Street.
Installation is underway on the exterior cladding, which includes glass and zinc panels. Zinc has been selected as the primary cladding material for its environmental friendliness as a 100% recyclable material and its flexibility in cladding the curved shapes of the museum.
South facade from North Belvidere Street.
Southwest corner from North Belvidere Street.
Other sustainable features of the design include the use of 7,500-square-feet of green roofs on three of the four galleries and the use of geothermal wells for the central heating/cooling system. The wells are drilled down to approximately 460 feet and use the earth as a heat source in the winter and a heat sink in the summer for the building's climate control system.
North façade from North Pine Street.
North façade from North Pine Street.
Close-up of the north façade.
Northeast corner from West Broad Street.
Architect: Steven Holl Architects with BCWH Architects; Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associate; Mechanical Engineers: Arup, OLDS; Landscape: Michael Boucher Landscape Architect; Client: Virginia Commonwealth University; Program: Museum; Location: Richmond, VA; Completion: Spring 2018.
Construction Update: 242 West 53rd Street
Concrete superstructure is close to topping out 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.
Cladding of the tower, which features a glass window wall with metal panel slab covers and thickened screen, has surpassed the one third mark.
Architect: CetraRuddy; Developer: Algin Management; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Theater District, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 100 Norfolk
Looking up at the southwest corner from Delancey Street.
Scaffolding has come down at 100 Norfolk, a residential tower on the Lower East Side from developers Adam America Real Estate, The Naveh Shuster Group, and The Horizon Group. The steel and glass tower is designed by ODA with their signature boxy style. With the removal of the scaffolding, the facade's floor-to-ceiling glass and diagonal structural elements are now fully revealed.
The Blue Tower reflected in the west façade of 100 Norfolk.
The Blue Tower (left) and 100 Norfolk (right) from Delancey Street.
The Blue Tower (left) and 100 Norfolk (right) from Delancey Street.
Southeast corner of The Blue Tower (left) and 100 Norfolk (right) from Suffolk Street.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Architect: ODA; Developers: Adam America Real Estate, The Naveh Shuster Group, The Horizon Group; Program: Residential; Location: Lower East SIde, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 160 Leroy Street
Southwest corner from West Street.
Window installation is wrapping up at 160 Leroy, 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.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
West facade from West Street.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Southwest corner.
West facade.
Northwest corner.
Close-up of the west facade.
Southwest corner from West Street.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southeast corner from Washington Street.
Northeast corner from Leroy Street.
Northwest corner from West 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.
Construction Update: 158 East 126th Street - The Smile
North façade from East 126th Street.
Superstructure is starting to rise at Blumenfeld Development Group's 11-story rental building at East 126th Street in East Harlem. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is in charge of the design, which features a 11-story volume fronting East 126th Street that extends over the center of BDG's existing retail building on the adjacent lot fronting East 125th Street. The concave shape of the north façade fronting East 126th Street will be clad in slender windows and blackened stainless steel panels that will reflect the sunlight. Once completed, the rental building will offer 233 apartments in a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedrooms, with twenty percent of the units offered under the affordable housing program.
Rendering of the north façade from Lexington Avenue. BIG/ Bloomimages
North façade from East 126th Street.
North façade from East 126th Street.
Close-up of the north façade.
Northeast corner from East 126th Street.
Close-up of the north façade.
East façade from 3rd Avenue.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); Developer: Blumenfeld Development Group (BDG); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: East Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
