Construction Update: Greenpoint Landing
Northwest corner of 37 Blue Slip from the East River.
Progress continues at Greenpoint Landing, the waterfront mega project from developers Park Tower Group, Brookfield Property Partners, and L+M Development Partners. Handel Architects is responsible for the design of the master plan and the current sites completed or under construction. The master plan will bring 10 towers and about 5,500 residential units to the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. Approximately 1,400 of those units will be permanently affordable, some of which are already being offered through housing lotteries for the first three all-affordable low-rise buildings at or near completion. Also included in the development will be a waterfront park from James Corner Field Operations and a K-8 public school on the corner of Franklin and Dupont Street.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the tower at 37 Blue Slip.
Installation of the brick and window wall façade is ongoing at 37 Blue Slip, the first market rate tower of the Greenpoint Landing mega project. The 30-story tower stands 300 feet tall and will offer 373 residential units when completed. The materials were selected to tie the tower into the neighborhood's industrial past and the adjacent affordable buildings in the development.
North façade of 37 Blue Slip.
Northeast corner of 37 Blue Slip with Hunters Point South Park in the foreground.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the tower at 37 Blue Slip.
Looking north on Franklin Street.
Southeast corner of 7 Bell Slip (center), 5 Blue Slip (left)and 37 Blue Slip (right).
Looking southwest on Commercial Street towards 7 Bell Slip (center) and 37 Blue Slip (right).
Architect: Handel Architects; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners (37 Bell Slip), Park Tower Group (37 Bell Slip, 7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street), L+M Development Partners (7 Bell Slip, 5 Blue Slip, 33 Eagle Street; Program: Residential, Retail, Education, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.
Construction Update: 122 Community Arts Center
Southwest corner of the former public school building.
Construction is complete at 122 Community Center, the renovation by Deborah Berke Partners of a former public school that now serves as the home of four arts and community service organizations. The building was completed in 1894 by C.B.J. Snyder and operated as a public school until 1976. Since 1977, the original school building has housed arts and community organizations which will remain in the newly upgraded structure. Those organizations include: AIDS Service Center NYC, Mabou Mines, Painting Space 122, and Performance Space 122.
West façade from First Avenue.
Along with upgrading the existing school building for code compliance and improvements to each of the organizations' space, a five-story addition at the northern boundary of the site adds more public function spaces and a unified circulation system for the building. A perforated, crimped metal panel clads the new addition, partially screening the large windows behind. The lightness of the metal panel serves as the perfect foil to the heaviness of the original brick structure, reflective by day and light transmitting by night. A long canopy clad in a similar metal mesh extends from the addition out to the sidewalk, announcing the building's new entry to the community.
Entry canopy.
Looking up at the northwest corner of the new addition.
Looking up at the entrance canopy of the new addition.
Looking up at the north façade of the new addition.
Northwest corner from First Avenue.
Close-up of the west façade of the new addition.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the existing school building.
West façade of the new addition from First Avenue.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the new addition.
Architect: Deborah Berke Partners; Client: NYC Department of Design and Construction; Program: Space for Arts and Community Service Organizations; Location: East Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 572 11th Avenue
Southwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Façade installation is underway at 572 11th Avenue, the 13-story residential building in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Designed by CetraRuddy, the façade features terracotta panels and punched window on the lower floors, with window wall on the upper floors. The project will offer 164 residential rental units.
Looking up at the south façade.
Looking up at the west façade.
Close-up of the west façade.
Architect: CetraRuddy; Developer: ; Program: Residential; Location: Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
Northeast corner of the site from 11th Avenue.
Superstructure is starting to rise at HFZ Capital Group's The Eleventh, a mixed use development at 76 11th Avenue. Designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the development consists of two twisting towers atop an 85 foot podium adjacent to the High Line. The west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities, while the east tower will rise 300 feet and consist of a mixture of residential units on the upper floors and a Six Senses hotel on the lower floors.
Northwest corner of the site from 11th Avenue.
Northwest corner of the site from 11th Avenue.
Northeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Southeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Southeast corner of the site from the High Line.
Architect: BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 40 10th Avenue
Southeast corner from the High Line.
Construction is underway on 40 Tenth Avenue, the 10-story spec office building adjacent to the High Line at West 13th Street. Design of the tower is led by Studio Gang and uses the firm's strategy of "solar carving" which, according to their website, "uses incident angles of the sun’s rays to sculpt a building’s form." The northwest and southeast corner of the rectangular tower massing will be carved away by this principle to produce a faceted façade and allow more sunlight to reach the adjacent green space of the High Line.
South façade.
Southwest corner.
Southwest corner.
West façade.
West façade.
Architect: Studio Gang; Developer: 40-56 Tenth Ave Joint Ventures, LLC; Program: Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, New York; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 25 Kent Avenue
East facade from Wythe Avenue.
Construction is underway on 25 Kent, an eight-story office building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, from developers Rubenstein Partners and Heritage Equity Partners. The 500,000-square-foot project occupies a full block with a massing design that features a north and south bar centrally connected. Both bars step back on their north and south street facing facade to allow for rooftop terraces on each floor. The facade will feature brick and punched window on the north and south of both bars with a glass curtain wall on the east and west. Design of the project is led by Gensler, with concept design by Hollwich Kushner.
Southwest corner from Kent Avenue.
West facade from Kent Avenue.
Northeast corner from Wythe Avenue.
Facade mockup.
Northwest corner from Kent Avenue.
Architect: Gensler (Design and Executive Architect), Hollwich Kushner (Concept Design); Structural Engineer: Desimone; Mechanical Engineer: Cosentini; Developers: Rubenstein Partners, Heritage Equity Partners; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Tour: 67 Livingston
Looking up at the south facade.
Construction is underway on the renovation of 67 Livingston, a former 29-story dorm in Brooklyn Heights. Developer Silverback Development has tasked HTO Architect to convert the former dorm into 22 units ranging in size 1700 to 3400 square feet. CetraRuddy is leading the interior design of the two to four bedroom units. Units will have direct elevator access and private outdoor space.
View southwest from a future private terrace.
View northwest towards Lower Manhattan from the future rooftop terrace.
View west towards the Brooklyn waterfront from the future rooftop terrace.
View of Governors Island and the Statue of Liberty from the future rooftop terrace.
Architect: HTO Architects; Interiors: CetraRuddy; Developer: Silverback Development; Program: Residential; Location: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: Hunters Point South Park - Phase Two
Construction is progressing at the second phase of the Hunters Point South Park on the Queens waterfront. Design of the open space and park is led by Weiss/Manfredi and Thomas Balsley Associates, with ARUP serving as an infrastructure consultant. The post-industrial waterfront is transforming into a 30-acre park adjacent to a slate of new residential towers that offer affordable and market rate residential units.
Landscape Architect: Weiss/Manfredi with Thomas Balsley Associates; Infrastructure Consultant: ARUP; Program: Park; Location: Hunters Point South, Queens, New York; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 685 First Avenue
Southeast corner.
Superstructure has topped out and curtain wall installation is nearing completion at 685 First Avenue, the 42-story residential tower in Murray Hill from Richard Meier & Partners Architects. The tower, composed of a minimalist extruded rectangular massing, will offer 556 residential rental and condo units in the first black glass clad building. An architectural cut-out spanning the 27th and 28th floors marks the transition from rentals to condos.
Close-up of the façade at the southeast corner.
Southeast corner from First Avenue.
East façade.
West façade from East 39th Street.
Architect: Richard Meier & Partners Architects; Developer: Sheldon Solow; Program: Residential; Location: Kips Bay, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: The Milstein Center
Southeast corner of The Milstein Center (left) and The Diana Center (right) from Broadway.
Façade installation is wrapping up at Barnard College's new interdisciplinary education building, The Cheryl and Philip Milstein Teaching and Learning Center. Designed by SOM, The Milstein Center will contain 128,000-square-foot of faculty and student space, including a library, conference facilities, interdisciplinary workspace, and a home for the Athena Center for Leadership Studies and the Barnard Center for Research on Women. The building's massing incorporates a five-story stepped horizontal bar at the south end of the site, which will allow sunlight access for Lehman Lawn and offer rooftop outdoor spaces that extend the lawn into the building. A 12-story tower at the northern end will be similar in height to the adjacent Altschul Hall. A cantilevered space on the 10th floor of the tower echoes a similar cantilever of Weiss/Manfredi's The Diana Center located across the lawn.
Southeast corner of The Milstein Center (center) and The Diana Center (right) from Lehman Lawn.
The Milstein Center is clad with glass and a muted copper-toned metal panel, which references the college's existing brick buildings and the Diana Center's fritted glass facade. A mixture of flat and sloping metal panels provide texture to the exterior wall.
Close-up of the tower façade at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Architect: Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM); Client: Barnard College at Columbia University; Program: Interdisciplinary Education; Location: Morningside Heights, New York, NY; Completion: Fall 2018.
