Construction Update: 550 Clinton
South facade from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out at Hope Street Capital’s residential tower 550 Clinton in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, the tower features a torqued massing that frames views of the nearby Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew’s belfry, a landmark built in 1891. The tower will be clad in large floor-to-ceiling windows and scalloped precast concrete panels, whose design was inspired by the church’s columns.
Rendering courtesy of Morris Adjmi Architects.
Southwest corner from Atlantic Avenue.
Looking up at the southwest corner of the tower.
Close-up of the precast concrete panels going up on the southwest corner.
Precast concrete and glass facade design sketch courtesy of Morris Adjmi Architects.
Southwest corner from Atlantic Avenue.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the tower.
Looking up at the west facade from Vanderbilt Avenue.
West facade from Atlantic Avenue.
Southeast corner from Atlantic Avenue.
Architect: Morris Adjmi Architects; Developer: Hope Street Capital; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 515 W 18
Southeast corner from 10th Avenue.
Construction is wrapping up at the east tower of Related’s two-tower residential development at the High Line in Chelsea. Designed by Thomas Heatherwick’s Heatherwick Studio, the 22-story west tower and 10-story east tower flank the High Line and connect to each other underneath the park’s elevated railroad structure. The facade features custom masonry and Heatherwick’s modern take on the bay window.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
East facade of the east tower from 10th Avenue.
Close-up of the east facade of the east tower.
Southeast corner of the east tower (right) and the Eleventh (left).
Residential entry underneath the High Line.
Northwest corner of the east tower from the High Line.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the east tower.
South facade of the east tower.
Architect: Heatherwick Studio (Design Architect); Developer: Related Companies; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 611 West 56th Street
Southeast corner from 11th Avenue.
Facade installation is ongoing at 611 W 56, a 420 foot tall residential tower in Hell’s Kitchen from developers Sumaida + Khurana and LENY. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, the 37-story tower is the architect’s first building in the United States. The facade is clad with large windows and white Perla Bianca limestone.
Rendering courtesy of Sumaida + Khurana and LENY.
When complete, the tower will offer 80 residences designed by Gabellini Sheppard Associates and ranging from one- to four-bedrooms and penthouses.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southeast corner from West 56th Street.
Looking up at the east facade from 11th Avenue.
Looking up at the northeast corner.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the tower.
Close-up of the northeast corner of the tower.
Southeast corner from 11th Avenue.
South facade.
White Perla Bianca limestone panels at the southeast corner of the tower.
Architects: Álvaro Siza Arquitecto (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Executive Architect); Interiors: Gabellini Sheppard Associates; Developers: Sumaida + Khurana and LENY; Program: Residential; Location: Hell’s Kitchen, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 550 Washington Street - Google NYC - St. John's Terminal
Southwest corner from West Street.
Facade installation is ongoing at Oxford Properties’ conversion of St. John’s Terminal, originally constructed in 1934, into the future offices of Google at Hudson Square on the west side of Manhattan. Led by COOKFOX Architects, the project re-imagines the former terminus of the New York Central Railroad’s West Side viaduct into 1.3 million square feet of office space for Google. Nine new floors have been added atop the existing structure that stretched for two city blocks.
Close-up of the curtain wall panels at the west facade.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Northwest corner from West Street.
Looking up at the north facade.
Northwest corner from Washington Street.
Northeast corner.
Northeast corner.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects, Adamson Associates, and Gensler; Developer: Oxford Properties Group; Program: Office; Location: Hudson Square, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 727 5th Avenue - Tiffany & Co. Flagship Expansion
Northwest corner from Fifth Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out 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.
Close-up of the northwest corner of the rooftop expansion.
Close-up of the steel superstructure of the rooftop expansion.
Looking up at the north facade.
Northeast corner from East 57th Street.
Architect: OMA New York; Client: LVMH; Program: Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: Spring 2022.
Construction Update: 2505 Broadway
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Facade installation is underway at Adam America Real Estate’s 19-story residential condo tower at 2505 Broadway on the Upper West Side. Designed by ODA New York, the facade features multi-story windows and a light grey hand laid brick with rounded edges at the window jambs.
Looking up at the southeast corner from Broadway.
Close-up of the east facade.
Close-up of the east facade.
Looking up at the east facade from Broadway.
East facade from Broadway.
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Adam America Real Estate; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: 251 West 91st Street - The Westly
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Superstructure has surpassed the halfway mark at Adam America Real Estate’s 19-story residential tower on the Upper West Side. Designed by ODA New York, the tower massing features a cantilever at level 8 on the north facade, extending out over an existing four story structure. When completed, the project will offer 57 units and amenities that include a lounge, teen lounge, fitness center, roof deck with outdoor pool, music practice room, children’s playroom, storage, bike room, central laundry room, and pet washing station.
East facade from Broadway.
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Adam America Real Estate; Program: Residential; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour: Rose Hill - 30 E 29
Southeast corner of the tower.
Construction is nearing completion at Rockefeller Group’s Rose Hill, a 600-foot-tall residential condo tower in the NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan. CetraRuddy has been tasked with design of the entire project, including exteriors, interiors, and public spaces. The tower design takes inspiration from New York’s Art Deco past for the bronze colored facade panels with geometric patterns and the crown at the top.
Southeast corner of Rose Hill (center), Madison House (right), and the Empire State Building (far right).
Looking up at the north facade.
Residential entry at the north facade.
Looking up at the north facade.
Looking up at the north facade.
The completed tower will offer 123 condo units ranging in size from studios to 4-bedrooms. Residents will have access to a range of amenities starting with a double height lobby with a private bar, library lounge, and a fireplace. A fitness center will offer a HIIT exercise studio, squash club, and 50-foot indoor pool. Outdoor space will be available at a 37th floor terrace.
Looking south from an upper floor terrace.
Looking south towards Lower Manhattan from an upper floor.
Art Deco facade panel at the terrace.
Looking north towards Midtown from an upper floor.
Looking west towards Hudson Yards from an upper floor.
Looking southwest from an upper floor.
Model Residence
Model Residence
Model Residence
Architect: CetraRuddy; Developer: Rockefeller Group; Program: Residential Condo; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: Journal Squared Phase Two
South facade of Journal Squared phase one (left) and phase two (right) towers.
Construction is nearing completion at the phase two tower for KRE Group and National Real Estate Advisors' Journal Squared mixed-use development has surpassed the height of the project’s 53-story phase one tower. Phase two includes a 72-story residential rental tower from Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects that will top out later this year. Journal Squared's complete master plan calls for 2.3 million square feet spread among three towers for its site adjacent to the Journal Square Transportation Center in Jersey City's historic Journal Square neighborhood.
Rising 72 stories and 754 feet, the phase two tower will include 704 residential rental units and 18,000 square feet of retail space. The tower's massing steps back as it rises and is clad with a grid of white metal panels and punched windows. To break down the repetitive envelope, thin metal panels in various shades of blue flag the windows on alternating sides while several large vertical strips of glazing rip through the tower, further breaking down the larger form.
Looking up at the east facade of phase two from Summit Avenue.
North facade of phase one (right) and phase two (left) from Van Reipen Avenue.
Looking up at the north facade of phase one (right) and phase two (left).
Looking up at the south facade of phase one (left) and the west facade of phase two (center).
Architects: Hollwich Kushner (HWKN) and Handel Architects; Developers: KRE (Kushner Real Estate Group) and National Real Estate Advisors, a division of NEBF; Structural Engineer: WSP; Mechanical Engineer: Barone Engineering Associates; Building Envelope Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates; Landscape Architect: Melillo + Bauer Associates, Inc.; Identity: Bruce Mau Design; Program: Residential, Retail, and Parking; Location: Jersey City, New Jersey; Completion: 2017 (Phase One), 2020 (Phase Two).
Construction Update: The Spiral - 66 Hudson Boulevard
West facade.
Superstructure has officially topped out at Tishman Speyer’s The Spiral, a 65-story office building at Hudson Yards in New York. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the tower massing features a stepped, continuous green pathway that spirals upward from ground floor entry to the top of the tower. The eroding spiral element affords outdoor terrace space at every floor of the tower. Curtain wall installation is ongoing and has reached the half way mark.
Southwest corner from West 34th Street.
The Spiral (far right) rising at Hudson Yards.
The Spiral (center) and 50 Hudson Yards (right) rising.
Close-up of the stepped terraces on the west facade.
Southwest corner of the tower
Looking up at the west facade.
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Northwest corner of The Spiral (left), 50 Hudson Yards (center), and 30 Hudson Yards (right).
Looking up at the northwest corner.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); Developer: Tishman Speyer; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
