Construction Tour: 58 Saint Marks Place
Facade installation is nearing completion at Avdoo & Partners Development’s 12-story residential condominium building at 58 Saint Marks Place in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by INC Architecture and Design, the development’s facade is clad in over 8,000 terra cotta panels and 338 windows. When completed, the project will offer 100 residences ranging in size from studios to 4 bedrooms, with 39 unique residence types. Open space will be included in about 80 percent of the residences. Residents will have access to 19,000 square feet of amenities across 4 levels, including a fitness center by The Wright Fit and a communal garden designed by Terrain.
Northeast corner from 4th Avenue.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
Townhouse interior under construction.
East facade from 4th Avenue.
Southeast corner from 4th Avenue.
View to the northwest towards Downtown Brooklyn from the rooftop.
View to the northwest towards Lower Manhattan from the rooftop.
Architect: INC Architecture and Design (Design Architect), Issac & Stern Architect (Architect of Record); Developer: Avdoo & Partners Development; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Late 2021.
Construction Update: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine
Northeast corner from Greenwich Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the eastern end of Liberty Park at the World Trade Center site. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, architect for the nearby World Trade Center Transportation Hub, the new structure replaces the church’s previous home in a row house that was destroyed on 9/11. The church is located on a 4 foot thick concrete mat slab twenty-five feet above street level, with the World Trade Center Vehicle Security Center directly below. The reinforced concrete structure is clad in panels of white translucent marble encased in laminated glass, which will glow at night from a light source behind the panels. A dome made of 40 steel ribs spanning 55 feet caps the church’s structure.
North facade from Liberty Street.
Architect: Santiago Calatrava; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; Program: Church; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: 1 Wall Street
Construction is ongoing at the conversion of One Wall Street, the landmark fifty-story limestone Art Deco tower located on an entire block at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street in the Financial District. Developer Macklowe Properties is converting the Ralph Walker designed office tower into residential condo and rental units with retail at the base. The tower was completed in 1931 and then expanded in 1963, bringing its total gross floor area to 1.1 million square feet.
When completed, the project will offer 566 residential condominium units and a range of amenities totaling over 100,000 square feet.
A five story addition at the south side of the tower, which will house additional residential units as well as an indoor swimming pool and rooftop terrace, is nearing completion. The concrete slabs poured for these floors are cobiax slabs that employ voids to reduce the amount of concrete used while maintaining the concrete’s strength. This method also allows for larger spans without beams and reduces the distortion of the ceiling.
At the base of the project, existing masonry has been removed and the floor plate expanded for a 44,000 square foot Whole Foods and two additional retail tenants. This new stepped volume is clad in a glass curtain wall, with a pleated design that mimics the limestone facade of the original tower.
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Architect of Record); Developer: Macklowe Properties; Program: Residential Condo and Rental, Retail; Location: Financial District, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 550 Madison Avenue
Construction is underway on the new glass canopy at the renovation to Philip Johnson’s landmarked 550 Madison office tower in Midtown by The Olayan Group, RXR Realty, Chelsfield, and CBRE. Built in 1984, the postmodern tower is getting a modern update led by Snohetta and Gensler with Rockwell Group overseeing the interiors. The renovation will keep much of the original facade while refreshing key portions of the interiors and ground floor public space. The Garden will almost double the previous public space adjacent to the lobby and feature full size trees, a water feature, artisan food kiosks, and a glass canopy. A newly designed lobby from Gensler will incorporate terrazzo, leather, bronze mesh, and the large windows at the tower’s base that will fill the space with light. The rest of the office floors will feature column free floors with high ceilings and improvements to building systems to pursue LEED Platinum and WELL Gold ratings. Rockwell designed amenities for building tenants will include a wellness and fitness center, conference facilities and lounge areas, grab and go food options, coffee and juice bars, and bike storage. At the top penthouse floors directly below the “Chippendale” roof pediment, a tenant can inhabit the three to four story space with panoramic views.
Architect: Snohetta with Gensler; Interiors: Rockwell Group; Developer: The Olayan Group, RXR Realty, Chelsfield, CBRE; Construction: AECOM Tishman; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: The Grand LA
Southwest corner from South Grand Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at the Related Companies and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd.’s two-tower multi-use development The Grand LA in Downtown Los Angeles. Designed by Frank Gehry of Gehry Partners, the development sits across the street from Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and includes two towers that rise to 45- and 28-stories. The project will offer 400 residences, including 89 units of affordable housing, and a 309-key luxury hotel. Retail will occupy the base of the two towers, with 176,000 square feet of shopping and restaurants on three levels of landscaped open terraces.
Looking up at the south facade of the residential tower.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the residential tower.
Southwest corner of the residential tower (right) and the hotel tower (left) from South Grand Avenue.
West facade of the residential tower.
Close-up of the residential tower.
Close-up of the residential tower.
Southwest corner of the hotel tower from South Grand Avenue.
Close-up of the hotel tower.
Close-up of the hotel tower.
West facades of the residential tower (right) and the hotel tower (left) from the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Northwest corner of the residential tower from South Grand Avenue.
Looking up at the southeast corner of the residential tower.
Southeast corner of the residential tower (left) and the hotel tower (right) from South Hill Street.
Architect: Gehry Partners, LLP (Design Architect), AECOM (Architect of Record); Interior Design: Ingrao Inc. (Residences), Tara Bernerd & Partners (Hotel), Rockwell Group (Restaurants); Landscape Designer: OJB Landscape Architecture; Developers: Related Companies with China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd.; Program: Residential, Hotel, Retail; Location: Downtown, Los Angeles, CA; Completion: 2022.
Construction Tour: 208 Delancey Street
Southwest corner from Delancey Street.
Construction is underway and sales have launched at New Empire’s residential condo building 208 Delancey on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Designed by ODA New York, the 12-story residential building features a L-shaped massing with rounded corners that afford curved glass interior corners or outdoor terraces for many units. The facade will be clad in ribbons of glass and beige brick that reference the existing buildings of the neighborhood. Residents will have access to a collection of amenities that include a residential lobby with adjacent resident lounge and courtyard, fitness center with an outdoor meditation terrace, and a rooftop terrace with an outdoor kitchen.
Southeast corner from Delancey Street.
Southeast corner.
Looking up at a curved corner of the structure under construction.
Sales Gallery
Residential units will feature a light-toned color palette throughout. Kitchens will offer white jazz marble countertops and backsplashes, soft white lacquer and oak cabinetry, and Miele appliances. Primary bathrooms will feature a custom walnut vanity, mirrors with integrated lighting, walk-in showers, and radiant heated Blue De Savoie marble flooring. Secondary bathrooms will feature a custom white oak vanity, soaking tub, and radiant heated Montpelier Gris marble flooring.
Model Residence - One Bedroom
Model Residence - Studio
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: New Empire; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: Sunset Spectacular
Construction is wrapping up on the three dimensional billboard structure for Orange Barrel Media and the city of West Hollywood in Los Angeles. Designed by Tom Wiscombe Architecture, the structure combines an east and west facing digital billboard with cultural space at the center. The project is clad in recyclable aluminum and includes a solar array to power the billboards. A multi-use public plaza with permeable grounds materials will surround the structure.
Architect: Tom Wiscombe Architecture; Client: Orange Barrel Media and the City of West Hollywood; Program: Advertising, Cultural; Location: West Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA.
Construction Update: Google Charleston East and Bay View Campus
Charleston East Campus
Construction is nearing completion at 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.
Close-up of the roof with stainless steel edge profile and pv shingle installation underway.
Smile-shaped clerestories of bird-safe glass bring direct, indirect, and diffused natural light into the building.
Bay View Campus
Along with the Charleston East Campus, BIG and Heatherwick have designed three similar structures at the Bay View Campus on the grounds of the NASA Ames Research Center. Like Charleston East, these structures feature the canopy structure clad in pv shingles and clerestory glass.
Close-up of the roof clad with PV shingles.
Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with Thomas Heatherwick; Client: Alphabet; Program: Office; Location: Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, CA; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 727 5th Avenue - Tiffany & Co. Flagship Expansion
Facade installation is underway at LVMH’s renovation and expansion of the Tiffany & Co. flagship retail building on Fifth Avenue in Midtown. Designed by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA’s New York office, the project includes a renovation of the 1940 Cross & Cross designed structure at 727 Fifth Avenue and a new three-story pavilion at the top that will include exhibition, event and clienteling space. The new structure will be clad in two types of glass: flat low-e glass at floors 8 and 9 and an undulating slumped glass facade at floor 10 that resembles a soft curtain.
Architect: OMA New York; Client: LVMH; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: Spring 2022.
Construction Tour: 110 Charlton Street - Greenwich West
Northwest corner from Greenwich Street.
Construction has wrapped up at Greenwich West, a 27-story residential condo tower at 110 Charlton Street in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Manhattan. The tower is designed by Françoise Raynaud of Loci Anima, and features a punch window and embossed brick facade by Wienerberger brickworks in Austria. Art Deco inspired rounded brick corners soften the tower massing’s edges and windows are accented with custom pewter glazed brick frames.
Northwest corner from Greenwich Street.
Looking up at the west facade from Greenwich Street..
Southwest corner from Greenwich Street.
Residential entry.
Looking up at the north facade at the residential entry.
Concierge desk.
Residential entry lobby.
Courtyard.
Residents lounge.
Fitness center.
Model Residence
The project offers 170 condo units ranging in size from studios to 3-bedrooms. Interiors are designed by Sébastien Segers and feature wide-plank European white oak floors, hand-plastered interior walls, deep window sills topped in honed Carrara marble, and engraved doors with specially designed hardware.
Kitchens feature Miele appliances and custom Molteni&C casework of walnut, metal lacquer, and fluted mirrors. Carrara marble tops the kitchen countertop and islands, which are fabricated with marine edging.
Master bathrooms feature Carrara marble wall tiling and vanity tops, engineered-rosewood vanities, and polished nickel fixtures.
Views
View south towards the Financial District from the rooftop terrace.
VView south towards the Financial District from the rooftop terrace.
View southeast towards SoHo from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards Chelsea and Hudson Yards from the rooftop terrace.
View southwest towards Jersey City from the rooftop terrace.
View south towards Jersey City from the top floor.
Architect: Loci Anima (Design Architect), AAI Architects (Architect of Record); Interior Designer: Sébastien Segers; Landscape Architect: Patrick Blanc; Developers: Strategic Capital, Cape Advisors, Forum Absolute Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
INC Architecture and Design · Murray Hill · 2027