Construction Update: Radio Tower and Hotel - 2420 Amsterdam Avenue
Southeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Youngwoo and Associates’ 22-story mixed use development the Radio Tower and Hotel in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Dutch architecture firm MVRDV, the 235,000 square foot project combines hotel and retail program at the base and an office tower above in an asymmetrical stack of boxes. This is the firm’s first major US project.
Each of the development’s program volumes are designed to reflect the scale of nearby buildings and feature a variety of window sizes that also draw on the variety of the surrounding context. Ceramic bricks clad the boxes, with a different color selected for each volume.
Looking up at the east facade from Amsterdam Avenue.
East facade from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from the Washington Bridge.
Northeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Northeast corner from Amsterdam Avenue.
Architect: MVRDV (Design Architect), Stonehill & Taylor Architects (Executive Architect); Interior Design: Workshop/APD; Structural Engineer: GACE Consulting Engineers; Building Systems: Cosentini Associates; Developer: YoungWoo & Associates; Program: Hotel, Offices, Cultural, Restaurant; Location: Washington Heights, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
