Construction Update: 61 9th Avenue
Northeast corner from 9th Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out and facade installation is underway at 61 9th Avenue, a 170,000 square foot, nine-story office and retail building in the Meatpacking District from developers Vornado Realty Trust and Aurora Capital Associates. The office building sits at the corner of 9th Avenue and West 15th Street, joining the long list of new development sparked by the nearby High Line. Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects, the massing features a rectangular volume that combines eroded corners and upper floor setbacks to provide numerous outdoor terraces on nearly every floor. With its exterior composition of precast concrete panels cladding the exterior structure and large square windows, the project's façade will be reminiscent of the architect's high profile tower at 432 Park Avenue.
East façade from 9th Avenue.
Southeast corner from 9th Avenue.
Close-up of the southeast corner of the facade.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the facade.
Architect: Rafael Vinoly Architects; Developer: Vornado Realty Trust and Aurora Capital Associates; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Tour: Park and Shore
Northeast corner of 75 Park Lane.
Superstructure has topped out at Park and Shore, the two tower residential development on the Jersey City waterfront from developers Strategic Capital and construction by Plaza Construction. Woods Bagot is leading the design of the 37-story 75 Park Lane and the 7-story Shore House.
Looking up at the north facade of 75 Park Lane.
75 Park Lane will feature 358 residences with panoramic views of the Manhattan and New Jersey waterfront from its floor-to-ceiling glass. The 7-story Shore House will offer 71 residential units. Residents will have access to a collection of amenities including: olympic-sized swimming pool, jacuzzi, spa, library, wine-tasting room, private dining room, putting green, health and wellness center, and sky lounge.
Northwest corner of 75 Park Lane (right) and Shore House (left) from Newport Green Park.
Northwest corner of 75 Park Lane from Washington Boulevard.
Southwest corner of 75 Park Lane from Washington Boulevard.
Northeast corner of Shore House from Park Lane South.
View to the northeast from the penthouse of 75 Park Lane.
View to the east from the penthouse of 75 Park Lane.
View to the southeast from the penthouse of 75 Park Lane.
View to the west from the penthouse of 75 Park Lane.
75 Park Lane (far right) and Shore House (right) from Newport Green Park.
Architect: Woods Bagot; Developer: Strategic Capital; Construction: Plaza Construction; Program: Residential; Location: Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey; Completion: 2019.
Construction Tour: 15 Hudson Yards and The Shed
Northwest corner of 15 Hudson Yards.
Superstructure has topped out at 15 Hudson Yards, the 900-foot-tall residential tower at Related Companies and Oxford Development Group's Hudson Yards mega development on the Far West Side. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group, the 88-story tower will offer both condo and rental units. Sales for the 285 one- to four-bedroom condo units are underway and have already surpassed 50 percent sold.
The view south towards Lower Manhattan from 15 Hudson Yards.
The tower will offer 40,000-square-feet of amenities spread across multiple floors. A fitness center, spa, and 75-foot pool occupy the 50th floor. On the 51st floor residents will have access to a club room, two corner private dining suites, screening and performance room, wine storage and tasting room, business center, and work spaces. At the top floor, residents will enjoy panoramic views from additional amenity spaces for relaxing and dining.
The view east towards 10 Hudson Yards from 15 Hudson Yards.
The view north towards 35 Hudson Yards from 15 Hudson Yards.
Curtain wall installation at 15 Hudson Yards.
Looking up at the north facade of 15 Hudson Yards.
Looking up at 30 Hudson Yards (left), 15 Hudson Yards (center), 35 Hudson Yards (right), and 55 Hudson Yards (far right).
Looking north along 11th Avenue.
Hudson Yards rising on the Hudson River waterfront.
View of Hudson Yards from 12th Avenue.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group (Design Architects), Ismael Leyva Architects (Architect of Record); Developers: Related Companies, Oxford Properties Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
Southwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Superstructure continues to rise at HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities, while the east tower will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
West facade from 11th Avenue.
Northwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade from West 18th Street.
Northeast corner from West 18th Street.
Northeast corner of the site from the High Line.
East facade from the High Line
Southeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Southeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Southwest corner.
Architect: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 40 10th Avenue
Southwest corner.
Superstructure has reached the halfway mark at 40 Tenth Avenue, the 10-story spec office building adjacent to the High Line at West 13th Street. Design of the tower is led by Studio Gang and uses the firm's strategy of "solar carving" which, according to their website, "uses incident angles of the sun’s rays to sculpt a building’s form." The northwest and southeast corner of the rectangular tower massing will be carved away by this principle to produce a faceted façade and allow more sunlight to reach the adjacent green space of the High Line.
South facade.
North facade from the High Line.
Northwest corner.
West facade.
Architect: Studio Gang; Developer: 40-56 Tenth Ave Joint Ventures, LLC; Program: Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, New York; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 565 Broome Street
Southwest corner from Varick Street.
Installation of the exterior wall is nearing completion at 565 Broome Street, a luxury residential development in SoHo from Bizzi & Partners Development and Italian architect Renzo Piano. Two 30-story towers will share a common podium and contain 115 apartments ranging in size from studios to four-bedrooms. The towers feature a glass curtain wall with rounded corners.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
West façade from Watts Street.
West façade from Watts Street.
West facade of the two towers.
Looking up at the west facade from Varick Street.
Looking up at the northwest corner from Varick Street.
Close-up of the glass curtain wall.
West façade from Broome Street.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop; Interiors: RDAI; Developers: Bizzi & Partners Development, Aronov Development, Halpern Real Estate Ventures, Cindat Capital Management; Program: Residential; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: Park Grove
South facade of the Park Grove Club Residences (center) and Two Park Grove (right), with the site of One Park Grove in the foreground.
Work is underway on Park Grove, the three tower development from OMA in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami. One million square feet of residential units is distributed across three luxury residential towers on 5.2 acres across from Regatta Park. Exterior construction on the first two towers, the Park Grove Club Residences and Two Park Grove are nearing completion, with work set to begin on One Park Grove, the third and final tower.
Site of One Park Grove with the Park Grove Club Residences (center left) and Two Park Grove (center right) in the background.
Each of the towers feature an asymmetrical, cylindrical massing with curved floor plates that optimizes views of the Biscayne Bay and reduces wind loads on the facade. Perimeter columns feature a tapering profile and are located to address privacy concerns between towers.
CLose-up of the podium at Two Park Grove.
The Park Grove Club Residences (left) and Two Park Grove (right) from .
Close-up of the facade of Two Park Grove.
Close-up of the facade of the Park Grove Club Residences.
Close-up of the facade of the Park Grove Club Residences.
Looking up at the north facade of the Park Grove Club Residences.
South facade of the Park Grove Club Residences (center) and Two Park Grove (right).
Close-up of the top floors of Two Park Grove.
Park Grove (center) and the Grove at Grand Bay (right) from Regatta Park.
Architect: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA); Developers: Terra Group with Related Group; Interiors: Meyer Davis; Landscapes: Enzo Enea; Program: Residential; Location: Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 150 Wooster
Looking south from Houston Street.
Construction has wrapped up at 150 Wooster, an 8-story residential building developed and designed by KUB Capital. The building replaces a 1-story retail structure and parking lot and required approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission due to its location in the historic SoHo neighborhood.
Close-up of the parapet at the northwest corner.
The Wooster Street facade features a pallet of materials inspired by the neighborhood. Indiana limestone framed punch windows are set in a field of handmade Petersen bricks from Denmark. The storefront and residential entry base, as well as the cornice, feature cast iron details.
Close-up of the top floor.
Close-up of the parapet at the northwest corner.
Close-up of the west facade.
The building offers five full floor residences and a duplex penthouse at the top two floors. Two retail spaces at 5,000 square feet each are located at the ground floor.
Looking up at the west facade.
Entry canopy.
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Residential entry and retail at the ground floor.
Design Architect/Developer: KUB Capital; Architect of Record: HTO Architect; Landscape Architect: Future Green; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Tour: One Thousand Museum
Looking up at the east facade from Museum Park.
Superstructure has officially topped out at 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. Plaza Construction is leading the realization of the formally unique tower.
One Thousand Museum (center) from Museum Park.
The 62-story tower joins a more modestly sized residential building nearing completion 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 recently completed Frost Science Museum.
East facade from Biscayne Boulevard.
East facade.
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.
Southeast corner from Biscayne Boulevard.
Northwest corner.
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.
Preparing the rebar for the roof concrete pour.
Roof and helipad under construction.
View east from the roof.
Roof structure.
GFRC clad structure at the roof.
Levels 10 through 14 will feature townhouse residences, with multi-story, half floor layouts. 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.
Southeast corner view from a penthouse interior.
Penthouse terrace at the east facade.
View east from a penthouse terrace.
Looking down on Museum Park from a penthouse terrace.
After floor 15, Hadid's organic tower structure transitions 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 serve as both form-work and outer shell, saving much construction time. One Thousand Museum is the first tower in the U.S. to utilize the panels as permanent form-work and cladding.
Close-up of the GFRC panels on the southeast corner of the tower.
Model Residence
Living room with southeast balcony.
Living room with southeast balcony.
Living room with southeast balcony.
Living room with southeast balcony.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Master bath.
Southwest balcony.
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: 2018.
Construction Tour: 277 Fifth Avenue
Northwest corner of the tower from 5th Avenue.
Superstructure has officially topped out at 277 Fifth Avenue, a 55-story residential tower from developers Victor Group and Lend Lease. Located in the NoMad neighborhood, the tower will offer 130 residences ranging from one to four bedrooms, with interiors designed by Jeffrey Beers International.
Northwest corner from 5th Avenue.
Designed by Rafael Vinoly, the tower's exterior facade features a vertical striped pattern of hybrid glass curtain wall and high-performance lightweight reinforced cast concrete panels custom fabricated in Finland in an Indigo color.
Looking up at the north facade.
Looking up at the west facade.
Looking up at the southwest corner.
Northwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the north facade.
Penthouse Residence
The tower will offer three penthouses, with the topmost two units spanning a full floor and featuring the tower's signature double-height loggia terraces.
Penthouse view south to Lower Manhattan.
Penthouse view west towards Chelsea and Hudson Yards.
Penthouse view north towards Midtown.
View south from a double-height loggia.
Southwest corner of a double-height loggia.
Double-height loggia.
Concrete facade panel.
Future retail space.
Architect: Rafael Vinoly Architects; Interiors: Jeffrey Beers International; Developers: Victor Group, Lend Lease; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.