Tour: Conrad Washington DC
Southeast corner from I Street NW.
Hilton’s luxury hotel brand Conrad has opened a new location at CityCenterDC in Washington, DC. The 10 story, 360-key hotel is developed by Hines and Qatari Diar. Herzog & de Meuron are responsible for the design which features an organic massing with rounded corners and clad in a glass curtain wall.
Southwest corner from I Street NW.
The ground floor retail features storefronts clad in rounded glass panels. Earlier renderings seemed to show the entire building clad in these rounded panels, but traditional flat glass panels were employed everywhere but the corners above the ground floor in the built project.
Tiffany & Co. retail storefront.
Northwest corner from New York Avenue NW.
Hotel entry on New York Avenue NW.
After entering the main entrance on the ground floor, hotel guests head to the third floor and its central atrium. A chain mesh veil hangs around the perimeter of the organically shaped atrium void and natural light fills the space from numerous circular skylights at the roof above. At the third floor, a collection of hotel amenities radiate around the central atrium, including restaurant Estuary, a lobby bar, conference rooms, and reception desk.
Hotel main entrance.
Atrium.
Looking up at the atrium skylight.
Detail of the chain mesh veil at the atrium.
Estuary entry.
Estuary.
Third floor terrace.
Signage.
Hotel corridor at the 10th floor.
Atrium screen at the 10th floor.
Hotel room entry.
Construction Update: 180 Broome Street
Superstructure has topped out at 180 Broome Street, part of the nine-building Essex Crossing development on the Lower East Side from a joint venture of L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, and Taconic Investment Partners, and Goldman Sachs. Designed by Handel Architects, the 26-story mixed-use tower will offer 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail, 175,000 square feet of office space on floors two through five, and a tower with 263 rentals.
Facade installation is ongoing, with the 5-story podium nearly enclosed. The design of the curtain wall features a running bond pattern of glass and white metal panel slab covers and verticals.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developers: Delancey Street Associates (Taconic Investment Partners LLC, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, Goldman Sachs); Program: Residential, Office, Retail; Location: Essex Crossing, Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 98 Front Street
Southeast corner from York Street.
Concrete superstructure has topped out at Hope Street Capital’s 98 Front Street residential building in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by ODA New York, the 10-story building features the firm’s signature eroded massing that will allow for outdoor space in the form of terraces and void spaces throughout. Window installation has begun at the ground floor at the east facade.
Looking up at the south facade from York Street.
Southeast corner from Adams Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
East facade detail.
Window installation underway at the east facade.
East facade from Adams Street.
Northeast corner from Front Street.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Hope Street Capital; Program: Residential, Community Facility; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: 121 East 22nd Street
Northeast corner of the north facade.
Construction has wrapped up 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 development, the firm's first in the city.
North facade from East 23rd Street.
Northeast corner of the north facade from East 23rd Street.
Addressing the neighborhood's pre-war architectural context, the façade of the north tower features a punched window design that transitions to a faceted northeast corner with glazing that frames views from multiple angles. This faceted corner echoes the faceted design of the smaller tower on East 22nd Street.
Northeast corner of the north facade.
North façade of the north tower from East 23rd Street.
South façade of the south tower from East 22nd Street.
At the south tower, located mid-block on East 22nd Street, the façade features dark-toned precast panels, in either a single or double bay configuration, with windows inset into warped rectangular cutouts.
Looking up at the south façade of the south tower from East 22nd Street.
Residential lobby entrance at the south tower from East 22nd Street.
Elevator lobby.
Lobby stone detail.
A central courtyard links the two towers and provides a focal point for the indoor pool and adjacent fitness center. Other amenities include a residents’ lounge and adjacent terrace, screening room, children’s playroom, and rooftop terrace.
Courtyard.
Looking up from the central courtyard.
Indoor pool.
Residents’ lounge.
Residents’ lounge.
Amenity terrace.
Screening room.
Model Residential Unit - South Tower
Residential corridor.
There are 140 residential condo units between the two towers, each featuring kitchens with Gaggenau appliances, polished quartz countertops, and acid-etched, black-painted glass cabinetry. Master bathrooms in the units feature Calacatta Paonazzo marble countertops, tub decks, and white oak cabinetry.
Living/dining room.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Model Residential Unit - North Tower
Living room at northeast corner.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Rooftop Terrace
Looking down to the central courtyard from the rooftop terrace.
West view from the rooftop terrace.
North view from the rooftop terrace.
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: 2019.
Construction Tour: Brooklyn Point
Northeast corner of the tower.
Superstructure has topped out at Extell’s Brooklyn Point, the 720 foot tall third tower in the City Point development in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), the 68-story residential condo tower sits at the northern boundary of the City Point development. Installation is ongoing on the sculpturally framed over-sized windows, offering views of the Manhattan and Brooklyn skyline and waterways.
Facade panels at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner of the tower from Flatbush Avenue.
Tenants of the 458 luxury residences will have access to over 40,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities including 65’ indoor saltwater swimming pool, fitness center, indoor squash/basketball court, a park lounge at the 9th floor landscaped terrace, and the tallest residential infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere at the rooftop amenity floor.
Views
View northwest towards Lower Manhattan from an upper floor.
View northwest towards Lower Manhattan from an upper floor.
View north towards Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn waterfront from an upper floor.
View north towards Midtown from a upper floor.
View southeast towards Fort Greene and Prospect Heights from an upper floor.
Downtown Brooklyn seen from a lower floor with curtain wall installed.
Southwest corner of the tower.
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox; Interiors: Katherine Newman Design; Landscape Architect: Mathews Nielsen; Developer: Extell; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 100 Franklin
East facades from Church Street.
Construction scaffolding is coming down, revealing the brick facade at 100 Franklin, the two building residential condo development on a triangular shaped lot in Tribeca. Developed and designed by DDG, the buildings will feature a red hand-laid brick facade in keeping with the neighborhood's pallete of materials. When completed later this year, the project will offer 10 residential condo units.
East facade.
Detail of the northeast corner.
Detail of the northeast corner.
Architect/Developer: DDG; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Tribeca, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 196 Orchard Street
Northwest corner from Houston Street.
Construction is wrapping up and residents have started moving in at Magnum Real Estate Group and Real Estate Equities Corporation‘s 196 Orchard Street, a residential condominium building on the Lower East Side. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects, the 11-story condo building features a facade of glazed brick with large windows in a double height grid configuration. The building includes 94 condo ranging in size from studios-to-four-bedrooms and are ready for immediate occupancy. Amenities include a 30,000 square foot Equinox gym and a 4,100 square foot landscaped rooftop terrace.
North facade from Houston Street.
North facade detail.
North facade from Houston Street.
Northeast corner from Houston Street.
Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects; Interiors: Incorporated Architecture and Design; Developer: Magnum Real Estate Group and Real Estate Equities Corporation; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
9/11 Memorial Glade
Over the weekend, the monoliths were lifted into place at the 9/11 Memorial Glade, a new section of the memorial honoring those who worked on the post-9/11 recovery efforts and others who have died or been affected by 9/11-related illnesses. Designed by Michael Arad, designer of the Reflecting Absence memorial and partner at Handel Architects, and Peter Walker, the Memorial Glade features six monoliths fabricated with stone from a Vermont quarry and weighing up to 17 tons each. The site has been reinforced with high density styrofoam, concrete, and steel rebar to support the monoliths which sit atop the underground portion of the memorial 70 feet below. Before the opening on May 30, steel from the original World Trade Center site will be incorporated into grooves that mark each of the monoliths and a cobblestone path through the site will be installed.
Architect: Michael Arad; Landscape Architect: PWP Landscape Architecture; Program: Memorial; Location: World Trade Center, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: The Shed
Construction is wrapping up at The Shed, a 200,000-square-foot structure for performance, visual and multi-disciplinary art at Hudson Yards. Designed by the Rockwell Group and Diller Scofidio and Renfro, the project is composed of a six-story fixed building and a telescoping outer shell that can expand to the adjoining plaza to provide an additional hall for events. The steel structure, including the roof, is clad in panels of fritted ETFE cushions. ETFE is lighter, more energy efficient, and more economical than glass, which allows for a lighter and more efficient structural system.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Rockwell Group; Developers: Related Companies, Oxford Properties Group; Program: Performance Space, Galleries; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 611 West 56th Street
Southeast corner from 11th Avenue.
Construction is underway at 611 W 56, a 420 foot tall residential tower in Hell’s Kitchen from developers Sumaida + Khurana and LENY. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, the 35-story tower is the architect’s first building in the United States.
Rendering courtesy of Sumaida + Khurana and LENY.
East facade from 11th Avenue.
When complete, the tower will offer 80 residences designed by Gabellini Sheppard Associates and ranging from one- to four-bedrooms and penthouses.
Looking up at the southeast corner.
South facade from West 56th Street.
East facade from 11th Avenue.
Architects: Álvaro Siza 2 - Arquitecto (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Executive Architect); Interiors: Gabellini Sheppard Associates; Developers: Sumaida + Khurana and LENY; Program: Residential; Location: Hell’s Kitchen, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.