Construction Tour: Central Park Tower
August 2019
Superstructure has topped out at Extell’s Central Park Tower, a 1,550 foot residential tower on Billionaire’s Row in Midtown. The 131-story tower is designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, architects of the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. With the topping out, Central Park Tower now stands as the second tallest tower in the United States, topped only by One World Trade Center’s spire. The tower is clad in a glass curtain wall with stainless steel fins that will reflect the sunlight to give the facade a sense of depth.
Nordstrom’s will occupy the 7-story podium, while 179 condo units are on offer in the tower above.
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Topping Out - September 2019
Top structural slab, September 2019.
View south from the top of the tower, September 2019.
View south towards Lower Manhattan from the top of the tower, September 2019.
View south towards Hudson Yards from the top of the tower, September 2019.
View west from the top of the tower, September 2019.
View north towards Central Park from the top of the tower, September 2019.
View north towards Central Park from the top of the tower, September 2019.
View east from the top of the tower, September 2019.
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View of Central Park Tower from One57, July 2016.
Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects (Design Architect), Adamson Associates Architects (Architect of Record); Interiors: Rottet Studio; Structural Engineers: WSP; Construction Management: Lendlease; Developer: Extell Development Company; Equity Partners: Shanghai Municipal Investment; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Tour: 540 West 25th Street - Pace Gallery
Northwest corner.
Pace Gallery's eight-story expansion near the High Line has officially opened to the public. Designed by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture, the 75,000 square foot development encompasses art galleries, offices, event spaces and private viewing rooms. The ground floor includes a public library of Pace's 10,000 catalogued volumes and a gallery with 20 foot ceiling height, currently showing works by Calder and Yto Barrada . The top two floors are suspended above a large outdoor terrace on the sixth floor, with an additional terrace on the second floor.
Looking up at the north facade.
Facade installation is underway at the primary street facade, with large panels of black volcanic stone and large windows already cladding the lower half of the structure.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Entry
Seventh Floor Gallery
Sixth Floor Terrace
Third Floor Gallery
Second Floor Gallery
Second Floor Terrace
Looking up at the south facade.
First Floor Gallery
Library
Architect: Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture; Client: Pace Gallery; Program: Gallery, Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 11 Jane Street
Looking up at the south facade.
Exterior construction scaffolding is down at Minskoff Equities’ 11 Jane Street in the West Village, revealing the six-story brick and punch window facade. David Chipperfield Architects’ design, which had to receive approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission, references the brick and punch window facades of the surrounding context.
Looking up at the south facade.
Facade close-up at the southwest corner.
Looking up at the south facade.
Facade close-up at the southeast corner.
Facade close-up.
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects; Developer: Minskoff Equities; Program: Residential Condo; Location: West Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Tour: 77 Greenwich Street - Jolie
South facade.
Superstructure has topped out and curtain wall installation is ongoing at Trinity Place Holdings’ 77 Greenwich, a 42-story residential condo tower in the Financial District. FXCollaborative is leading the exterior design of the 500-foot tall tower, with interiors by Deborah Berke Partners. The base of the tower will house a new elementary school that incorporates the adjacent Robert and Anne Dickey House, a landmark structure built in 1810 and currently being renovated.
Looking up at the south facade.
Starting 150 feet above street level, the residential portion of the tower will offer 90 residences ranging from 1 to 4 bedrooms. A pleated glass curtain wall will clad the tower and offer views of Lower Manhattan and the harbor.
Looking up at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the east facade.
Northeast corner.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Close-up of the podium’s east facade.
South facade.
Southwest corner.
Residents’ will have access to an amenity package that includes a penthouse club level, residents lounge and private dining room with a catering kitchen, children’s playroom, a double height fitness center, and two outdoor terraces.
Looking up at the west facade.
Facade panels awaiting installation.
Views
View west towards Battery Park City and Jersey City from the top floor.
View southwest towards Battery Park City and Jersey City from the top floor.
View south towards Battery Park and the New York harbor from the top floor.
View east towards the Financial District and Brooklyn from the top floor.
View northeast towards the Financial District and Brooklyn from the top floor.
View north towards the World Trade Center site from the top floor.
Architect: FXCollaborative; Interiors: Deborah Berke Partners; Developer: Trinity Place Holdings; Program: Residential, School, Retail; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Tour: The Heights Building at Wilson Secondary School
North facade.
Construction is nearing completion at Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) The Heights Building for the Wilson Secondary School in Arlington, Virginia. Designed by BIG in collaboration with Leo A Daly, the massing features a series of classroom bars rotated along a single hinge point, with planted terraces on each roof. The building’s large public program spaces, including the auditorium and gym, are tucked below the rotating bars.
Southeast corner from Wilson Boulevard.
East facade.
Close-up of the rotating classroom bars at the east facade.
Southeast corner from Wilson Boulevard.
South facade from Wilson Boulevard.
Southwest corner from Wilson Boulevard.
Southwest corner from Wilson Boulevard.
Lobby.
Looking up to the lobby.
Gym
Cafeteria
Library
Looking down on the lobby.
Looking onto the main entry from Wilson Boulevard.
Classroom Floors
Terraces
Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Leo A Daly; Client: Arlington Public Schools; Program: Secondary School; Location: Arlington, VA; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 767 5th Avenue - Apple Store - Fifth Avenue
Southwest corner from 5th Avenue.
The iconic glass cube has returned with a rainbow colored wrap at the soon to open home of Apple's expanded Fifth Avenue flagship store. Located underneath the plaza of the General Motors Building, Foster + Partners' renovation will more than double the store's previous size, expanding from 32,000-square-feet to 77,000-square-feet. The reinstalled cube has maintained the previous three full height panel per facade configuration. When first constructed, the cube was composed of a nine glass panel grid per facade but was later simplified to three full height panels. The skylights that populate the plaza on either side of the cube are also installed, along with newly planted trees and linear reflecting pools.
Northwest corner from 5th Avenue.
Northwest corner detail.
West facade from 5th Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade.
Southeast corner of the cube, with plaza skylights and seating.
Plaza skylight.
Close-up of a skylight.
Plaza reflecting pool and combination bench and tree planters.
Architect: Foster + Partners; Client: Apple; Program: Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Tour: 565 Broome Street
West façade from Watts Street.
Construction 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 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.
West façade from Watts Street.
Looking up at the west facade from Varick Street.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
West façade from Watts Street.
West facade detail.
Northwest corner from Varick Street.
RDAI are responsible for the design of the residential interiors, complimenting Renzo Piano’s building design with a pallet of stone, white oak wood, glass, and concrete.
Model Residence 16A North
A duplex three-bedroom condo residence featuring a terrace with outdoor pool.
Great room.
Internal stair and kitchen.
Great room.
Terrace.
Terrace.
Terrace.
Terrace.
Looking up at the west facade from the terrace.
Looking up at the north facade from the terrace.
Internal stair.
Master bedroom.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Master bathroom.
Bedroom 2.
Bedroom 2 to bathroom 2.
Bathroom 2.
Bathroom 2.
Bathroom 2 to bedroom 2.
Bedroom 3.
Model Residence 26B South
A two-bedroom condo residence with interior design by March & White.
Gallery.
Great room.
Great room.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom to master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Bedroom 2.
Bedroom 2.
Penthouse Views
View south towards Lower Manhattan.
View north towards Midtown.
View east.
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: 2019.
Construction Tour: 1 Willoughby Square
Superstructure is a few floors from topping out at JEMB Realty’s 1 Willoughby Square, a 34-story Class A office tower rising in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative, the 495-foot tall tower will be the firm’s new home on floors seven through nine. The facade of the tower will feature large 10 by 15 foot window bays, exposed concrete structure, and blue glazed brick spandrels.
A school will occupy floors two through six, with office floors starting above on a setback volume. The rectangular floor plate of the office floors will be free of corner and interior columns, with concrete beams spanning between perimeter columns. Tapered beams at column connections will allow space for HVAC systems and help to minimize impacts on ceiling heights. Circulation and services will be provided by an appendage on the west side of the site, keeping the main office floor unobstructed and offering expansive views from an interior atrium adjacent to the elevator core.
Glazed brick spandrels on the east facade.
Future ground floor lobby.
Interior atrium at service core.
Looking up in the interior atrium with terraces every three floors.
View from the outdoor terrace on floor 7.
A typical office floor with column free spans.
View north from an upper office floor.
View west from an upper office floor.
Looking down on the future site of Willoughby Square Park.
Architect: FXCollaborative; Developer: JEMB Realty; Program: Commercial Office, School; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Q4 2020.
Construction Update: 809 Broadway
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Construction scaffolding is coming down at 809 Broadway, revealing the metal and glass facade. The 15-story mixed-use tower, developed by IDM Capital, sits on a mid-block site near Union Square. Retail will occupy the cellar and ground floor, floors 2 through 12 will offer commercial office space, and three residential condos will be available at the top floors. ODA New York is responsible for the design, which features the firm’s signature eroded massing that breaks down the simple extruded rectangle at the southern corners of the tower. The tower cladding also mimics the erosion, as the solid black metal cladding transitions to glass at the southeast and southwest corners to allow for views of Lower Manhattan.
Looking up at the northeast corner.
Closeup of the northeast corner.
Looking up at the east facade from Broadway.
Looking up at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: IDM Capital; Program: Commercial Office, Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Union Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: Columbia University Business School
Southwest corner of the west (left) and east (right) buildings.
Facade installation is ongoing at the new home for the Columbia Business School at the university’s Manhattanville campus. The Business School’s two new structures, known as The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Business Innovation and the Henry R. Kravis Building, are located on a site to the north of the first phase buildings by Renzo Piano. Design on the two buildings is led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and associate architects AARRIS ATEPA Architects. James Corner Field Operations are designing a central open space. Steel superstructure has topped out on both the 10-story west building and the east building.
Looking up at the south facade of the west building.
Southwest corner of the Business School’s east (right) and west (left) building.
West facade of the west building.
Southeast corner of the west building.
Close-up of the circulation spine of the west building’s east facade.
Looking northeast towards the Manhattanville campus, including the Business School (left), the Lenfest Center for the Arts (right), and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center (far right).
Southeast corner of the west building.
Close-up of the west facade of the west building.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and AARRIS ATEPA Architects; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
