Construction Update: 600 West 125th Street
East facade from West 125th Street.
Curtain wall installation is ongoing at Columbia University’s residential tower at 600 West 125th Street on the Manhattanville campus. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the 34-story tower sits at the southern boundary of the campus, among other RPBW designed academic buildings. Superstructure has topped out on the project’s stepped massing. The tower is clad in a custom unitized curtain wall system with GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) panels and double laminated glazing. When completed, the project will offer 142 apartments for graduate students and faculty members, along with 5,000 square feet of retail for returning lessee McDonald’s.
Northeast corner of the tower from Broadway.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with CetraRuddy; Client: Columbia University; Program: Residential; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: Domino Sugar Refinery and 346 Kent Avenue
Installation of curtain wall is ongoing at the adaptive reuse of the Domino Sugar Refinery, the 1876 structure by Henry Havemeyer that was part of the original three buildings for the filtering, panning, and finishing of sugar. Designed by PAU, the refinery will be converted into a 460,000 square foot office building as part of developer Two Trees’ Domino Sugar mixed use development. A new structure has been constructed inside of the original Refinery envelope, with a 10 to 12 foot gap in between the existing masonry walls and the curtain wall. Interiors for the project will be led by Dencityworks and Bonetti/Kozerski.
West facade of the Refinery.
North facade of the Refinery.
346 Kent Avenue
Superstructure has surpassed the two thirds mark and curtain wall installation is underway at 346 Kent Avenue, a two-tower residential development from Two Trees that is located adjacent to the Refinery building.
Northwest facade of 346 Kent Avenue.
Close-up of the facade at the northwest corner of 346 Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade of 346 Kent Avenue.
Southeast corner of 346 Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade of 346 Kent Avenue.
Architect: PAU (Refinery); Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: Ettinger Engineering Associates; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2023 (Refinery), 2024 (346 Kent Avenue).
Construction Update: 57 Marcus Garvey Boulevard - Atrium at Sumner
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Facade installation is wrapping up at the Atrium at Sumner, an affordable senior housing development in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Studio Libeskind, the 10-story structure sits on vacant land on the NYCHA Sumner Houses campus. When completed, the development will provide approximately 190 units, along with an indoor garden, a central atrium, and a multi-use performing arts space at the ground floor.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Northwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
North facade.
Southwest corner from Marcus Garvey Boulevard.
Architect: Studio Libeskind; Structural Engineer: LERA Consulting Structural Engineers; Mechanical Engineer: FISKAA Engineering; Client: Selfhelp Community Services, RiseBoro Community Partnership, Urban Builders Collaborative/Lettire; Program: Residential, Community Center; Location: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: The Huron at 29 Huron Street
Southeast corner from West Street.
Facade installation is underway at Quadrum Global’s residential development The Huron on the Greenpoint waterfront in Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the project features two 13-story residential towers with a two-story base of amenities. The towers will be clad in a gridded facade of industrial style window wall and I-beam profiled metal panel at slab edges and piers that take their cues from the neighborhood’s industrial past. A dark red brick will clad the base that includes a shared lobby at mid block.
Looking up at the south facade.
Looking up at the southwest corner.
Rendering of the southwest corner by Redundant Pixel.
Residents will have access to a range of amenities including a pool, gym, yoga studio, sauna, co-working space, catering kitchen, and outdoor playground. At the roof, amenities will include a shared garden, movie screening area, and grills.
View northwest towards Midtown and the Greenpoint waterfront from the mid terrace.
Southwest corner.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Quadrum Global; Program: Residential; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Tour: 1295 Madison Avenue - The Wales
Southwest corner from Madison Avenue.
Construction scaffolding has come down at the renovation of the Wales, a 10-story landmarked Neo-Renaissance building on the Upper East Side. Originally built in 1899 by architect Louis Korn, the former hotel is now being converted into condo residences by developer Adellco with interiors by Cabinet Alberto Pinto. Along with restoring the cornices, quoins, and brickwork of the facade, the project has also added a new entablature from the original architect’s design. The project offers 21 residential units ranging in size from two- to four-bedrooms, along with a five-bedroom penthouse in a new structure at the roof.
Residential entrance lobby.
Fitness center.
Architect: FORM4 Design Studio; Interiors: Cabinet Alberto Pinto; Developer: Adellco; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Carnegie Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: Domino Sugar Refinery and 346 Kent Avenue
One South First (left) and the Refinery (center) on the Williamsburg waterfront.
Installation of curtain wall is underway at the adaptive reuse of the Domino Sugar Refinery, the 1876 structure by Henry Havemeyer that was part of the original three buildings for the filtering, panning, and finishing of sugar. Designed by PAU, the refinery will be converted into a 460,000 square foot office building as part of developer Two Trees’ Domino Sugar mixed use development. A new structure has been constructed inside of the original Refinery envelope, with a 10 to 12 foot gap in between the existing masonry walls and the curtain wall. Interiors for the project will be led by Dencityworks and Bonetti/Kozerski.
West facade of the Refinery.
West facade of the Refinery.
The Refinery (left) and 346 Kent Avenue (right) on the Williamsburg waterfront.
North facade of the Refinery.
Northeast corner of the Refinery from Kent Avenue.
Closeup of the Northwest corner of the Refinery.
346 Kent Avenue
Superstructure is nearing the halfway mark at 346 Kent Avenue, a two-tower residential development from Two Trees that is located adjacent to the Refinery building.
West facade of 346 Kent Avenue from the East River.
Northwest facade of 346 Kent Avenue from the East River.
Southeast corner of 346 Kent Avenue.
Northeast corner of 346 Kent Avenue.
Northwest corner of 346 Kent Avenue (right).
Looking up at the south facade of 346 Kent Avenue.
Architect: PAU (Refinery); Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: Ettinger Engineering Associates; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2023 (Refinery), 2024 (346 Kent Avenue).
Construction Update: 600 West 125th Street
East facade from West 125th Street.
Curtain wall installation is underway at Columbia University’s residential tower at 600 West 125th Street on the Manhattanville campus. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, the 34-story tower sits at the southern boundary of the campus, among other RPBW designed academic buildings. Superstructure has reached the 24th floor, surpassing the two-thirds mark of its stepped massing. The tower will be clad in a custom unitized curtain wall system with GFRC (Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete) panels and double laminated glazing. When completed, the project will offer 142 apartments for graduate students and faculty members, along with 5,000 square feet of retail for returning lessee McDonald’s.
Northeast corner of the tower from Broadway.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels on the northeast corner.
Looking up at the north facade from West 125th Street.
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop with CetraRuddy; Client: Columbia University; Program: Residential; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: The Studio Museum in Harlem
Installation of the concrete panels is complete at the north facade of the new 82,000 square foot home for The Studio Museum in Harlem. Designed by Adjaye Associates, the massing of the museum features a stack of one and two-story volumes with large apertures that allow the public to glimpse the activity within.
Northwest corner from West 125th Street.
Architects: Adjaye Associates (Design Architect), Cooper Robertson (Architect of Record); Construction Manager: Sciame Construction with McKissack & McKissack; Client: The Studio Museum in Harlem; Program: Museum; Location: Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: 505 State Street
Superstructure has topped out and curtain wall installation is wrapping up at Alloy’s 100 Flatbush residential tower in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed and developed by Alloy, the tower is the first of two that will rise on the block. It will be the city’s first all-electric tower, using electricity instead of oil or gas to power, heat, and cool the 440 residential rental units.
The first tower, 100 Flatbush, sits at the southern end of the triangular block and takes its flatiron massing form from the block’s shape. Curtain wall clad’s the 44-story tower with panels that include a large glass pane and a vertical shaped pier.
Alloy is also developing two public schools, the city’s first to be designed to Passive House standards, at the center of the site. ARO is leading the design of the two schools, which will be clad in brick. Superstructure has topped out on the first school that fronts on Flatbush Avenue.
Design Architect: Alloy, ARO (Schools); Executive Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects (Schools); Structural Engineers: Silman (Residential Tower, Schools), MKA (Residential Tower); MEP Engineer: Cosentini (Residential Tower, Schools); Interiors: INC Architecture (Residential Tower); Developer: Alloy; Program: Residential, Retail, Public Schools; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, New York; Completion: 2023 (First Residential Tower).
Construction Update: Sendero Verde
Southwest corner of the phase two tower from Madison Avenue.
Brick installation is nearing completion at the phase two tower at affordable housing development Sendero Verde in East Harlem by developers Jonathan Rose Companies, L+M Development Partners, and Acacia Network. Designed by Handel Architects, the 34-story phase two tower sits at the northwest corner of the full block development. The tower is adjacent to the 10 and 15-story phase one buildings that were recently completed at the eastern half of the block. When complete, the entire Sendero Verde complex will offer 695 affordable rental units and become the largest fully affordable Passive House development in the world.
Southwest corner of the phase two tower (left) and phase one buildings (right) from Madison Avenue.
Along with the nearly 700 affordable residential units, the development will also offer community space for Union Settlement Association, a school with gymnasium, an 18,000 square foot courtyard, and pre-existing community gardens relocated to the new open space.
Looking up at the phase two tower from Madison Avenue.
Northwest corner of the phase two tower from East 112th Street.
West facade of the phase two tower from East 112th Street.
Closeup of the west facade.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Jonathan Rose Companies, L+M Development Partners, Acacia Network; Program: Residential; Location: East Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
