Construction Update: The Fitzroy
Looking up at the north facade.
Looking up at the north facade.
Facade installation is nearing completion at The Fitzroy, JDS Development Group and Largo Investments' 10-story luxury condo tower adjacent to the High Line. Roman and Williams are responsible for the design, which they claim was inspired by the iconic New York architecture of the early 20th Century. The facade features green terracotta panels with large copper-clad oak windows. When completed, the project will include 14 homes ranging from two- to five-bedrooms.
North facade.
North facade detail.
North facade detail.
Looking south along the High Line towards the Fitzroy (far right).
Architect: Roman and Williams; Developer: JDS Development Group and Largo Investments; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Tour: Institute for Contemporary Arts at VCU
East facade from West Broad Street.
Steven Holl Architects' latest museum, the Institute for Contemporary Art's Markel Center, has opened on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth Universityin Richmond, Virginia.
Looking up at the performance space volume.
The centerpiece of the design is the 33 foot high forum located at the intersection of West Broad Street and North Belvidere Street. Off of this main forum volume, visitors can access the 240-seat auditorium, sculpture garden, and the four contemporary art galleries that fork into multiple volumes along West Broad Street.
Looking up at the forum and performance space volumes intersection.
Pre-weathered titanium zinc, the primary cladding material, was selected for its environmental friendliness as a 100% recyclable material and its flexibility in cladding the curved shapes of the museum.
Northeast corner from West Broad Street.
Other sustainable features of the design include the use of 7,500-square-feet of green roofs on three of the four galleries and the use of geothermal wells for the central heating/cooling system. The wells are drilled down to approximately 460 feet and use the earth as a heat source in the winter and a heat sink in the summer for the building's climate control system.
Sculpture Garden
North entry.
Northwest corner at the sculpture garden.
Entry door hardware detail.
Forum
South entry.
Ground Floor Gallery
Stair railing detail.
Sculpture Terrace Garden
Second Floor Galleries
Third Floor Gallery
Performance Space
Cafe
Basement
Architect: Steven Holl Architects with BCWH Architects; Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associate; Mechanical Engineers: Arup, OLDS; Landscape: Michael Boucher Landscape Architect; Client: Virginia Commonwealth University; Program: Museum; Location: Richmond, VA; Completion: Spring 2018.
Construction Tour: 425 Park Avenue
Southwest corner from Park Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at 425 Park Avenue, L&L Holding Company's 47-story office tower rising on Park Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood. Designed by Foster + Partners, the tower replaces a 30-story tower formerly on site, keeping approximately 25% of the previous structure to allow for more height. The massing strategy calls for three distinct volumes separated by triple height setbacks with diagrid structure. While the first setback at floor 12 will be leased as office space, the Club Level at the second setback on floor 26 will offer to all tenants a wellness center and food service by Chef Daniel Humm and restaurateur Will Guidara. Superstructure has currently reached the second triple height seback at floor 26, surpassing the halfway mark.
Looking up at the west facade from Park Avenue.
Northwest corner from Park Avenue.
The tower facade, currently being installed at the lower third volume, is composed of unitized curtain wall vision panels, textured stainless steel column cladding and solid panels at the elevator and services core at the east facade.
Louver panels installed at the north facade.
Looking west at the second setback on floor 26.
Looking north at the second setback on floor 26.
Looking up from the second setback at floor 26.
View east from a typical elevator lobby.
The triple height space of floor 12 with mezzanine.
The underside of the floor 14 mezzanine with old and new structure.
Looking west from the mezzanine of the first setback on floor 14.
Looking up at the diagrid setback from the triple height space of floor 12.
Column cover getting unpacked in preparation for installation.
Northwest corner of floor 09 with curtain wall installed.
Ground floor lobby.
Architect: Foster + Partners (Design Architect), Adamson & Associates (Architect of Record); Developer: L&L Holding Company, Tokyu Land Corporation; Construction: Tishman Construction; Structural Engineer: WSP; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Tour: One Vanderbilt
Southwest corner from East 42nd Street.
Construction continues at One Vanderbilt, SL Green's 58-story future supertall tower on a site adjacent to New York's Grand Central Terminal. Designed by KPF, the mixed-use tower will rise 1,401 feet into the Midtown skyline. The steel superstructure has reached the one third mark, surpassing the framing for the sloped glass atrium and well into the typical office floor plates.
Looking up at the west facade from Madison Avenue.
Facade installation is underway at the base of the west facade, with the first of the panels already showcasing the diagonal terracotta spandrels.
Curtain wall installation at the west facade.
Looking up at the south facade from East 42nd Street.
Looking up at the east facade from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Pouring the concrete slab on metal deck of floor 20.
View to the east from floor 20.
View to the south from floor 20.
View to the north from floor 20.
Facade panels installed at the west facade.
Architect: KPF; Developer: SL Green Realty Corporation; Development Manager: Hines; Construction: Tishman Construction; Interiors: Gensler; MEP Engineers: Jaros Baum & Bolles; Structural Engineers: Severud Associates; Program: Mixed Use, Office, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 540 West 25th Street - Pace Gallery
Superstructure has topped out at Pace Gallery's eight-story expansion in Chelsea, near the High Line. Designed by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture, the 75,000 square foot development will provide art galleries, offices, event spaces and private viewing rooms. The ground floor will include a public library of Pace's 10,000 catalogued volumes and a gallery with 20 foot ceiling height. The top two floors will be suspended above a large outdoor terrace on the sixth floor, with an additional terrace on the second floor.
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.
Architect: Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture; Client: Pace Gallery; Program: Gallery, Office; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Tour: 88 and 90 Lexington Avenue
Southeast corner of 88 Lexington.
Construction is wrapping up at HFZ Capital Group's rental to condo conversion at 88 and 90 Lexington Avenue, in the NoMad neighborhood. This two-building project consists of a 19-story pre-war building from 1927 and shorter, 13-story tower from 1958, both of which served as offices for Blue Cross and Blue Shield originally. Workshop/APD has overseen the design of the project, which includes the interior renovation of the pre-war tower at 88 Lexington and a complete overhaul of the interior and exterior of the 1958 tower at 90 Lexington.
Looking up at the east facade of 88 Lexington.
Facade detail at 88 Lexington.
Northeast corner of 90 Lexington.
Looking up at the east facade of 90 Lexington.
Facade details at 88 (left) and 90 Lexington (right).
Residential lobby.
Concierge desk at the residential lobby.
Entryway to 90 Lexington from the residential lobby.
Amenities
Residents of both towers have access to over 8,000 square feet of amenities including lobby, screening room, residents' lounge, gym and locker rooms, children's play room, and a 60-foot swimming pool.
Looking down onto the pool from the ground floor lounge at 90 Lexington.
Stair down to the amenity floor.
Pool with view to ground floor lounge at 90 Lexington.
Pool.
Pool.
Pool ceiling detail.
Residents' lounge.
Children's playroom.
Model Residence: 88 Lexington
Workshop/APD have designed and staged model units in 88 Lexington that showcase the renovation, with open plan living areas and high ceilings left over from the building's past life as an office building. Large windows, newly replaced, allow for well lit rooms throughout.
Living and dining room.
Living room.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Model Residence: 90 Lexington
At 90 Lexington, the new stone and glass façade creates a unique residential experience from the adjacent tower. These units will provide expansive views from near floor-to-ceiling windows, giving the spaces a contemporary feel.
Kitchen.
Kitchen.
Living room.
Master bedroom.
Architect: Workshop/APD; Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Sales and Marketing: Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2016.
Construction Update: The Eleventh
West facade of the west tower.
Construction proceeds 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 34-story west tower will rise 400 feet and consist of residential units and supporting amenities. A 25-story 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. Currently, the west tower's superstructure is close to topping out and installation has begun on the the first of its window units, while the east tower will soon start to rise.
Northeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the west tower.
Signage on the west tower.
East facade of the west tower from 10th Avenue.
Close-up of windows installed at the west tower.
Close-up of a window installed at the northwest corner of the west tower.
Southeast corner of the site from 10th Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade of the west tower.
Northeast corner of the west tower from the High Line.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (Design Architect), Woods Bagot (Architect of Record); Developer: HFZ Capital Group; Program: Residential; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Update: 277 Mott Street
Looking up at the east facade on Mott Street.
Facade installation is wrapping up at 277 Mott Street, a seven story retail building in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan from Karl Kopp. Designed by Toshiko Mori Architects, the structure is clad in alternating vertical piers of glass and CNC milled stone on the facade fronting Mott Street. The mostly transparent rear yard facade will showcase the monumental stair that serves as the primary vertical circulation, with views out to a garden.
Close-up of the CNC milled stone and glass facade on Mott Street.
Looking up at the east facade on Mott Street.
Architect: Toshiko Mori; Program: Retail; Location: Nolita, New York, NY; Completion: 2018.
Construction Update: 211 Schermerhorn
Looking up at the south facade from Schermerhorn Street.
Superstructure is rising at 211 Schermerhorn, a 14-story residential condo tower in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn from developers Oestreicher Properties, GPB Capital, and Hornig Capital Partners. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the mid-block tower's superstructure has reached the half-way mark. Handmade European brick and industrial style windows will soon begin to clad the tower.
When completed, the tower will offer 48 one- to three-bedroom condominiums, many with private balconies.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Oestreicher Properties, GPB Capital, Hornig Capital Partners; Program: Residential; Location: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Tour: 15 and 50 Bridge Park Drive
South façade of 15 Bridge Park Drive (right) and 50 Bridge Park Drive (left).
Construction is ongoing at 15 and 50 Bridge Park Drive, a pair of towers by developers RAL Companies, Oliver's Realty Group, and Vanke US that anchor the southern boundary of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Designed by ODA New York, the towers have topped out at 28 (50 Bridge Park Drive) and 15 stories (15 Bridge Park Drive). Installation of the precast panel facade is wrapping up at 15 Bridge Park Drive, while the metal and glass curtain wall of 50 Bridge Park Drive has surpassed the two-thirds mark.
Southeast corner of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
When completed, 50 Bridge Park Drive, also known as Quay Tower, will offer 126 residences ranging in size from two to five bedrooms.
Close-up of the southeast corner of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
Southwest corner of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
Close-up of the west facade of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
Southwest corner of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
West façade of 15 Bridge Park Drive (far right) and 50 Bridge Park Drive (right) from Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Northwest corner of 50 Bridge Park Drive from Pier 5 of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Close-up of the northwest corner of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
View northwest from the top floor of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
Looking down on Pier 6 from the top floor of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
View southwest towards Governors Island and the Statue of Liberty from the top floor of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
View east towards Downtown Brooklyn from the top floor of 50 Bridge Park Drive.
Curtain wall panels awaiting installation at 50 Bridge Park Drive.
View north from a mid tower residence at 50 Bridge Park Drive.
View northwest from a mid tower residence at 50 Bridge Park Drive.
View west from a mid tower residence at 50 Bridge Park Drive.
Architect: ODA New York; Developers: RAL Companies, Oliver's Realty Group, Vanke US; Program: Residential; Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2019.
