Construction Update: The Spiral - 66 Hudson Boulevard
Southwest corner from West 34th Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion 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.
Southwest corner of the tower
Looking up at the west facade.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Northwest corner of The Spiral (left), 50 Hudson Yards (center), and 30 Hudson Yards (right).
West facade.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG); Developer: Tishman Speyer; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: The Wharf DC - Phase Two
Construction is ongoing at The Wharf’s phase two development at the Southwest Waterfront in Washington, DC. Developers Hoffman & Associates and Madison Marquette opened phase one in October 2016 with five buildings with residential, hotel, office, retail, and private event space. When completed in 2022, the second phase will offer 1.25 million square feet of mixed-use space in five additional buildings and two water buildings at the southern half of The Wharf.
Parcels 6 and 7
SHoP Architects is overseeing the design of Parcel 6 and 7’s 500,000 square feet of Class A office space and 33,000 square feet of retail space. The program is split among two buildings connected at the lower levels and clad in a glass curtain wall.
Parcel 6 and 7 facade detail.
North facade of Parcel 6.
Northeast corner of Parcel 6 from Maine Avenue SW.
East facade of Parcels 6 and 7 from Maine Avenue SW.
Water Building 1
Hollwich Kushner is overseeing the design of Water Building 1, a three-story hospitality structure built over a pier in the Potomac River. A steel ring truss of rectangular hollow sections and glass curtain wall clad the lower two floors of the concrete flat slab structure.
Parcel 8
ODA New York is leading the design on the mixed-use Parcel 8 building, which will offer 235 apartments and a 131-key hotel with 10,000 square feet of retail at the base.
Southwest facade of Parcel 8.
Northeast facade of Parcel 8 from Maine Avenue SW.
Southeast corner of Parcel 8 from Maine Avenue SW.
Parcel 9
Rafael Vinoly is leading the design of Parcel 9, which will offer 96 residential condo units and 18,000 square feet of retail.
East facade of Parcel 9 from Maine Avenue SW.
Northeast corner of Parcel 9 from Maine Avenue SW.
North facade of Parcel 9 from Maine Avenue SW.
Parcel 10
At the southern edge of the Wharf’s phase two, Morris Adjmi Architects is overseeing a five-story structure with 60,000 square feet of office space with 15,000 square feet of retail.
Southeast corner of Parcel 10 from Water Street SW.
Northeast corner of Parcel 10 from Water Street SW.
North facade of Parcel 10 from Water Street SW.
Phase two buildings.
Construction Tour: 662 Pacific Street
Southwest corner from Dean Street.
Facade installation is wrapping up at the Brodsky Organization’s 27-story residential rental tower at 662 Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The tower is part of the Pacific Park development and will offer 312 rental units and a 616-seat public middle school at the five-story base. Marvel Architects has led the design, which features a massing of stacked rectangular volumes clad in hand laid brick and large punch windows. A light tan brick clads the upper residential volumes, while a dark gray brick and larger windows clad the school volume below.
Looking up at the west facade from 6th Avenue.
North facade from 6th Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade from Dean Street.
Southeast corner from Dean Street.
East facade from Dean Street.
Residents will have access to a gym, residential lounges, an outdoor terrace, and a children’s playroom.
View northwest towards Downtown Brooklyn from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards 18 6th Avenue and Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View north towards Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View west towards the Statue of Liberty from the rooftop terrace.
View northeast towards Long Island City from the rooftop terrace.
Looking up at the south facade from the rooftop terrace.
View south towards Park Slope from a residential unit.
Architect: Marvel Architects; Developer: Brodsky Organization; Program: Residential Rental, Public School; Location: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Late 2021.
Construction Update: 251 West 91st Street - The Westly
Southeast corner from Broadway.
Facade installation is underway at Adam America Real Estate and Northlink Capital’s 20-story residential tower on the Upper West Side. Designed by ODA New York, the tower massing features a series of cantilevers at 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.
Close-up of the east facade.
Facade detail.
Northeast corner from Broadway.
Architect: ODA New York; Developer: Adam America Real Estate & Northlink Capital; Program: Residential; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 212 West 93rd Street
North facade.
Construction scaffolding is starting to come down at Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties’ boutique residential condo building 212 West 93rd Street on the Upper West Side. The 14-story, 20-unit condo building is the first ground-up development in Manhattan for Landsea Homes, a California-based homebuilding company. Along with the residential program, the building will be the new home for the Shaare Zedek synagogue at the first two floors and the lower level.
Looking up at the north facade from West 93rd Street.
Design of the development is led by ODA New York and features their signature deconstructed facade driven by each home’s influence on the structural form. The facade strategically erodes or expands outward to accommodate private outdoor space for most units.
Close-up of the north facade’s upper floors.
Interiors of the one-to-four bedroom units is led by GRADE New York. Amenities will include a private rooftop terrace, fitness studio, children’s playroom, pet spa, and bike storage.
Facade detail.
Northeast corner.
Architect: ODA New York; Interiors: GRADE New York; Developer: Landsea Homes and Leyton Properties; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Upper West Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Tour: 196 Orchard Street
Northwest corner from Houston Street.
Construction has wrapped up at Magnum Real Estate Group and Real Estate Equities Corporation‘s 196 Orchard Street, a residential condominium building on the Lower East Side. Designed by Incorporated Architecture and Design with Ismael Leyva Architects, the 11-story condo building features a brick facade, with Gilded Bronze glazed Spanish brick at the lower facade and Black Diamond brick above. The facade also features large windows in a double height grid configuration with a glazed brick surround.
North facade from Houston Street.
The building includes 89 condos ranging in size from studios-to-four-bedrooms, including some with private terraces. Amenities include a 30,000 square foot Equinox gym and a 4,300 square foot landscaped rooftop terrace with two outdoor kitchens and custom seating.
North facade detail.
North facade from Houston Street.
Northeast corner from Houston Street.
Rooftop Amenity Terrace and Views
Model Residence
Architect: Ismael Leyva Architects; Interiors: Incorporated Architecture and Design; Developer: Magnum Real Estate Group and Real Estate Equities Corporation; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Lower East Side, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
Construction Tour: Columbia University Business School
Southwest corner of the Kravis Building (left) and the Perelman Center (right).
Facade installation is nearing completion at the new home for the Columbia Business School at the university’s Manhattanville campus. The Business School’s two new structures, known as The Ronald O. Perelman Center for Business Innovation and the Henry R. Kravis Building, are located on a site to the north of the first phase buildings by Renzo Piano. Design on the two buildings is led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and associate architects AARRIS ATEPA Architects. James Corner Field Operations are designing a central open space which has also started to take shape with plantings starting to arrive on site.
Southwest corner of the Kravis Building (left) and the Perelman Center (right).
Looking northeast towards the Manhattanville campus, including the Business School (left), the Lenfest Center for the Arts (right), and the Jerome L. Greene Science Center (far right).
The Henry R. Kravis Building
Rendering of the Henry R. Kravis Building. Rendering by DBox.
Looking up at the south facade of the west building.
West facade of the Kravis Building.
South facade of the Kravis Building.
East facade of the Kravis Building.
West facade of the Kravis Building.
Southwest corner of the Kravis Building.
Southwest corner of the Kravis Building (left) and the Perelman Center (right).
The Commons space at the Kravis Building.
East stair under construction.
Installation of GFRG shaped ceilings underway.
The Perelman Center for Business Innovation
Rendering of the Perelman Center. Rendering by DBox.
Southwest corner of the Perelman Center.
West facade detail of the Perelman Center.
West facade of the Perelman Center.
Southwest corner of the Perelman Center.
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro with FXCollaborative and AARRIS ATEPA Architects; Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Program: Education; Location: Manhattanville, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Construction Update: Madison House at 15 East 30th Street
Facade installation is wrapping up at 15 E 30, a 62-story residential tower in NoMad from developers Fosun Group and JD Carlisle. Designed by Handel Architects, the tower is clad in a glass and profiled metal panel curtain wall with a striped fit pattern at the spandrel panels. At the lower floors, construction scaffolding has recently come down to reveal a decorative metal louver screen. The 805-foot-tall tower will offer 199 residential condos.
Looking up at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the south facade.
Closeup of the louver screen.
Closeup of the louver screen.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developers: Fosun Group and JD Carlisle; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: NoMad, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Tour: 455 5th Avenue - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
Northwest corner from Fifth Avenue.
The New York Public Library’s renovation of the former Mid-Manhattan Library at the corner of 40th Street and Fifth Avenue has wrapped up and officially opened to the public. Now renamed to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, the renovation of the 1970’s branch library was led by Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle. Before the six-story building was repurposed as a library, it originally opened as a department store for Arnold Constable Co. in 1915.
The renovation created capacity for 400,000 books and other circulating materials, along with updates spaces for the children’s library, teens library, business library, adult learning center, 17,000 square feet of general reading and study space, 11,000 square feet of multipurpose space, and a rooftop terrace.
The Long Room is structured as a 31 foot wide and 85 foot high linear atrium between three floors of flexible reading areas and five floors of book stacks. An abstract artwork by Hayal Pozanti occupies the atrium ceiling.
The three floors of reading areas feature bespoke reading tables at a length of up to 66 feet and supported by the building’s original steel frame. Chairs at the reading tables are an exclusive design collaboration with Thos. Moser for NYPL branch libraries.
A Children’s Library and Teen Center are located on the lower level and connect to the ground floor with a staircase and large light wells.
Architects: Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects; Client: New York Public Library; Program: Library Renovation; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2021
Construction Update: 101 West 14th Street
Southeast corner.
Curtain wall installation is nearing completion at Gemini Rosemont’s 13-story residential condo building at 101 West 14th Street in Greenwich Village. Designed by ODA New York, the condo building features the architect’s signature eroded massing that affords covered balconies and stepped terraces at the upper floors. When completed, the project will offer 44 residential condo units, 21 of which will be duplexes.
Southeast corner from 6th Avenue.
Southeast corner from West 14th Street.
South facade.
Southwest corner from West 14th Street.
Residential entry under construction.
Duplex Model Residence
The building offers 44 condo units, ranging in size from 1-to-4-bedrooms, with duplex layouts for almost half of the residences. Along with floor-to-ceiling glass windows, residences also feature wide plank oak flooring, custom kitchen cabinetry by GD, Italian Fior di Bosch stone kitchen countertops and backsplashes, and Bleu de Savoie honed marble bathroom floors and showers.
Duplex Model Residence
Architect: ODA New York; Interiors: Whitehall Interiors; Facade Consultant: Laufs Engineering Design; Developer: Gemini Rosemont; Program: Residential Condo, Retail; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
