Building Tour: The American Copper Buildings
East facade of the towers from the East River.
Construction has wrapped up at JDS Development Group's American Copper Buildings, the twin residential rental towers at 626 First Avenue on the East River waterfront in Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects, the sloping 41 and 49-story towers feature copper cladding on their north and south facades that is achieved by laminating a thin sheet of copper to stainless steel, with a gypsum-based composite panel in between. The copper panels will naturally patina with time, transitioning from their initial shine to a more muted tone. East and west facades feature a glass curtain wall that allows for expansive views of the East River waterfront and the Midtown skyline.
Northeast corner of the towers from the East River.
Looking up at the skybridge.
Garden
A garden designed by SCAPE anchors the northeast corner of the site. The landscape architects envisioned the park as both an active civic space and a functional water filtration system. According to SCAPE’s website, the park is designed as “a layered water-collection system that responds to multiple types of inundation.”
Amenities
The two towers are connected by a three-story skybridge at the 27th to the 29th floor that houses amenities such as a fitness center, a 75 foot indoor lap pool, and residents lounge.
Residents lounge.
Residents lounge.
Ceiling detail at the residents lounge.
Fitness center entry.
Juice bar.
Fitness center.
View to the west from the fitness center.
Rock climbing wall in the fitness center.
Fitness center.
Stair detail in the fitness center.
Closeup of the east facade at the skybridge.
Tile wall detail.
Pool floor detail.
Architects: SHoP Architects; Interior Design: K&Co; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Murray Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Construction Update: 1 Great Jones Alley
Construction scaffolding is coming down on the Broadway facade of 1 Great Jones Alley, Madison Realty Capital’s 12-story residential building in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by BKSK Architects, the facade references the brick and cast iron context of the neighborhood with its own brick and glass primary facade and secondary screen of terra-cotta fins.
Architect: BKSK Architects; Developer: Madison Realty Capital; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Tour: 56 Leonard Street
One of the standout projects of New York’s recent construction boom is Alexico Group and Hines’ 56 Leonard, the 145-unit, 830 foot tall residential tower in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Herzog & deMeuron, the tower is often affectionately referred to as the Jenga tower for its massing of stacked floor plates with a multitude of alternating balconies that resembles the stacked block game.
While the majority of the tower's floor plates alternate the balcony locations on every other floor in an A/B pattern, the upper floors of the tower are designed with a less homogeneous variation. Each of the final 11 floor plates are unique, creating variations in how each floor overhangs or recedes from the other.
Penthouse
The penthouses on the top 11 floors feature 14 foot floor-to-floor ceilings, a kitchen with a Herzog & de Meuron custom-designed grand piano-shaped island and a custom-sculpted range hood, a sculptural white enameled steel wood burning fireplace, a five-fixture master bathroom of travertine and Thassoss marble with radiant heated floors, and multiple terraces with panoramic views of the city.
Model Residence
Amentiy Floor
Residents have access to numerous amenities including a 75 foot lap pool with sundeck, gym, screening room, lounge, private dining room and playroom.
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron with Hill West Architects; Structural Engineers: WSP; Developers: Alexico Group, Hines; Program: Residential; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
Tour: King and Sullivan
Construction has wrapped up at King and Sullivan, a collection of 22 single-family townhouses in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Developed by Sanba and designed by AA Studio, the townhouses featured five different facades that alternate among brick, terracotta, and corten steel.
Each of the 22 townhouses offer four bedrooms and three bathrooms, with private outdoor space at the ground floor and roof.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Living room.
Ground floor outdoor deck.
Master bedroom.
Secondary bedroom.
Secondary bedroom.
Study/bedroom.
Rooftop terrace.
Architect: AA Studio, Developer: Sanba; Program: Residential; Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 503 West 24th Street - The Getty
East facade from 10th Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at The Getty, a 12-story residential condo building with a three-story Lehmann Maupin Gallery at the base. Designed by Peter Marino, the black metal and glass clad building is located adjacent to the High Line at the former site of the Getty gas station. Only six residences are on offer in the building, including a triplex penthouse.
Closeup of the east facade.
The Lehmann Maupin Gallery occupies three stories at the base, which features a 22-foot high gallery at the ground floor, gallery offices and a private viewing area at the second floor, and a black box gallery at the cellar. Works currently on view include Liza Lou on the ground floor and Do Ho Suh and Teresita Fernández in the second floor private viewing area.
Lehmann Maupin Gallery entrance.
Ground Floor Gallery
Second Floor Gallery
Cellar Gallery
Architect: Peter Marino Architects; Developers: Victor Group and Michael Shvo; Program: Residential Condo, Gallery; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: Google Charleston East
Construction is underway on Google’s Charleston East campus expansion next to the original Googleplex campus in Sunnyvale, California. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Thomas Heatherwick, the 645,000 square foot campus features a hangar like canopy that allows for flexibility in locating walls and floor below. According to BIG, their strategy for the building was to “create a replicable and scalable building typology that is also adaptable and inclusive” to Google’s other potential expansion sites nearby.
At the canopy, smile shaped clerestories allow for sunlight to reach the main work spaces of the second floor’s interconnected floor plate. Secondary program and public spaces occupy the ground floor and connect to the second floor by courtyards.
Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Thomas Heatherwick; Client: Alphabet; Program: Office; Location: Sunnyvale, CA; Completion: 2019.
488 Folsom Street - The Avery
Northeast corner.
Facade installation is wrapping up at Related California's The Avery, a 56-story, 548-unit residential tower near the recently opened Transbay Transit Center in downtown San Francisco. Designed by Office of Metropolitan Architecture's New York office, the tower features an extruded tower massing shaped by facade setbacks and serrations. The serrations allow for an exponentially greater amount of corner units while also creating opportunities for dramatic moments of sunlight reflections at sunrise and sunset. Local firm Fougeron Architecture are responsible for the podium buildings at the base of the tower.
Closeup of the northeast corner of the tower.
When completed, the complex will offer 118 luxury condominiums on the upper floors and 280 luxury rental apartments and 150 affordable rental apartments on the lower floors.
Closeup of the northwest corner of the tower.
Looking up at the east facade of the tower.
East facade of the base of the tower.
West facade of the tower from the Transbay Transit Center's rooftop park.
Closeup of the southwest corner of the tower.
Sunset reflects off of the south facade.
Southwest corner of the tower from the Transbay Transit Center's rooftop park.
Architect: Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA NY) with Fougeron Architecture ; Developer: Related California with Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Program: Residential Condo and Rental, Commercial; Location: San Francisco, CA; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 25 Park Row
North facade.
Facade installation is underway at L+M Development Partners' 25 Park Row, a 49 story residential condo tower that is part of a multi-building development that replaces the J&R Music and Computer World megastore. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the tower is clad in limestone colored panels that are likely concrete. When completed, the tower will offer 110 residential condo units with views out onto City Hall Park from large windows.
Looking up at the north facade.
Facade panels awaiting installation.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developers: L+M Development Partners and 23 Park Row Associates; Program: Residential Condominiums, Commercial; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Building Tour: Glassworks Bushwick
Construction has wrapped up at Glassworks Bushwick, the residential conversion of the Dannenhoffer Opalescent Glassworks factory in Bushwick. Likely built around 1888, the site's original use was for the production and manufacturing of opalescent glass. Developer and architect ASH NYC and JV Partner Martin Lomazow led the conversion to residential rentals, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms.
Terrazzo vestibule signage.
Residential lobby bench.
ASH NYC has designed elements throughout the building like the staircase and light fixtures that reference the site's manufacturing history through material choice.
Residential lobby.
Residents have access to an assortment of amenities including a communal roof deck, landscaped yard designed by Brooklyn Grange, resident lounge, gym, laundry room, parking, and Virtual Doorman.
Lounge.
Study.
Courtyard.
Looking up from the courtyard.
View of the courtyard from a private balcony.
Rooftop deck.
Rooftop deck.
View from the rooftop deck.
Architect/Developer: ASH NYC; Development Partner: Martin Lomazow; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2018.
Tour: The Rheingold at 10 Montieth
Construction is nearing completion at the Rheingold at 10 Montieth, the nine-story residential complex from the Rabsky Group that will occupy a portion of the former Rheingold Brewery site in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood. The project is designed by ODA, architects of another large residential project under construction on an adjacent brewery parcel at 123 Melrose.
Southwest corner from Bushwick Avenue.
The project's massing is defined by its sloping roof that ramps up and down by several stories over the length of the full-block site. The sloped roof will accommodate a farm, lounge space, and running paths while allowing sunlight into the central courtyards. Balconies and bay windows are dynamically scattered throughout, lending a further sense of movement to the façades. A bridge at the roof spans across one of the interior courtyards.
West façade from Bushwick Avenue.
Northwest corner from Bushwick Avenue.
Closeup of the west facade.
Northwest corner from Bushwick Avenue.
Northeast courtyard.
Looking up at the north facade at the residential entry.
The Rheingold will offer residents numerous amenities including a fitness center with climbing wall and squash court, yoga room, spa, two common courtyards and roof deck, business center, conference rooms, cafeteria, game room, dog run, laundry, and studios for painting, music and photography.
Residential lobby.
Rooftop amenity deck under construction.
Looking down on the courtyard.
Closeup of the facade.
Typical residential corridor and elevator lobby.
Model Residences
The Rheingold will offer 500 units over eight floors, ranging in size from studios to three-bedrooms, many of which will offer private outdoor space.
Kitchen.
Living and dining space.
Private terrace.
Bedroom.
Bathroom.
Kitchen and dining.
Living room.
Balcony.
Bedroom.
Studio living space.
Studio bedroom.
Courtyard.
Architect: ODA; Developer: Rabsky Group; Program: Residential Rentals; Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2018.
