401 East 51st Street
Selldorf Architects · Midtown East · 2027
Southwest corner from First Avenue.
Facade installation is ongoing at SK Development and CB Developers residential condo tower in the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the 29-story tower’s facade features bespoke unitized curtain wall panels with integrated ram-pressed terracotta elements manufactured by Palagio. Panel installation, which is led by SLB Management, is nearing the top of the 6-story podium. When completed, there will be 1,400 unitized panels and 9,000 terracotta units.
Looking up at the west facade from First Avenue.
West facade from First Avenue.
West facade from East 51st Street.
Southwest corner from East 51st Street.
Southwest corner from First Avenue.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the podium facade.
Close-up of the southwest corner of the podium facade.
Close-up of the west facade of the podium.
Looking up at the south facade of the podium.
Facade panels awaiting installation.
Close-up of the integrated terracotta unit on a unitized curtain wall panel.
Interior view of curtain wall panels installed at the podium.
Architect: Selldorf Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects (Executive Architect); Developers: SK Development and CB Developers; Structural Engineer: Gace Consulting Engineers; MEP Engineer: GEA Consulting Engineers; Construction Manager: CMA (CM & Associates); Facade Consultant: Frank Seta Associates; Curtain Wall Installation: Solubon Ltd. SLB Management; Curtain Wall Manufacturer: Gruppo Simeon; Terracotta Manufacturer: Palagio; Program: Residential; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2027.
83 Thompson Street
Selldorf Architects · SoHo · 2025
Northeast corner from Spring and Thompson Street.
Facade installation is wrapping up at CBSK Development and Planet Partners’ residential condo building 83 Thompson Street in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the seven-story building replaces a previous two-story structure designed by Louis A. Sheinart in 1921. The facade features orange/red sanded brick in a stacked bond, with mahogany wood-framed tilt/turn windows and terracotta accents. Chocolate-toned glazed terracotta lintels, jambs, and sills surround and accent the wood window frames. A combination of matte and glazed terracotta, in the same chocolate tone, clads the cornices of the roof and the storefront. On the northeast corner windows, cylindrical terracotta corner posts reference the cast iron detailing of the neighborhood. Matte terracotta also clads the setback volume of the penthouse on the seventh floor.
North facade from Spring Street.
Looking up at the north facade from Spring Street.
Northeast corner from Spring Street.
Close-up of the north facade.
Close-up of the north facade.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Close-up of the northeast corner.
Close-up of the north facade.
Architect and Interior Design: Selldorf Architects; Developers: CBSK Development and Planet Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: SoHo, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
346 Kent Avenue - One Domino Square
Selldorf Architects · Williamsburg · 2025
Southwest corner of One Domino Square from the East River.
Curtain wall installation is nearing completion at Two Trees’ One Domino Square, a two-tower residential development at 346 Kent Avenue that anchors the southern edge of the Domino Sugar development in Williamsburg. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the project massing includes a 7-story podium with 39-story condo and 55-story rental towers rising above. The project will offer 700,000 square feet of residential space and ground floor retail.
West facade of the north and south towers of One Domino Square (right) and the Refinery (left).
West facade of the north and south towers of One Domino Square.
The towers are clad in a curtain wall of iridescent porcelain tile panels with large glass openings, while the podium is clad in granite with acid-etched glass spandrels and taller glass openings.
Northwest corner of One South First (left), the Refinery (center), and One Domino Square (right) from the East River.
Southeast corner of the south tower from Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade from Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the towers from the northeast corner of the site along Kent Avenue.
North facade of the towers from Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the west facade of the towers from Domino Park.
Looking up at the south facade of the towers from Domino Park.
Looking up at the towers from the southwest corner of the site at Domino Park.
One Domino Square’s podium from Domino Park.
Residential condo lobby.
Rooftop Views
View to the northwest towards Midtown from the rooftop terrace.
View southwest towards Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn from the rooftop terrace.
View southwest towards Downtown Brooklyn from the rooftop terrace.
Looking down on Domino Park.
Model Residences
The north tower includes 160 condo residences ranging in size from one- to three-bedrooms. Features include kitchens designed in a cool or warm palette, Gaggenau kitchen appliances, honed Direto Grey River Stone bathroom floors and wall cladding, bespoke faucets and fittings by Phylrich, 6” wide plank white oak flooring, and custom closets.
Amenities
Heated indoor lap and swimming pool in the Aquatics Center.
Residents of both towers will have access to shared indoor and outdoor amenities located within the podium. On the fifth floor, the Aquatics Center and Lounge includes a heated indoor lap and swimming pool, hydrotherapy spa pool, cold plunge, poolside lounges and spa seating, steam room, sauna, and locker rooms.
Open-air loggia at the Aquatics Center.
View of the Williamsburg Bridge from the loggia.
The Health Club and Fitness Center on floor six includes weight and cardio equipment, a group fitness movement studio, yoga studio, spa treatment and massage rooms, and children’s playroom.
Fitness center.
Group fitness movement studio.
At the club level, indoor amenities include resident lounges, table game lounge, social lounge, party room, media room, private dining room with kitchen, workspace, and pet spa. The adjacent outdoor terrace offers a heated pool with sundeck, communal dining area, private entertaining spaces, and open air solarium.
North tower lounge.
Party room.
Heated pool with sundeck overlooking Domino Park.
The Gardens at One Domino Square, a picnic area and green space overlooking Domino Park, is located on the 10th floor terrace at the northeast corner of the site.
The Gardens at Domino Square on the 10th floor terrace.
View of Midtown and the Empire State Building from The Gardens.
Looking up at the towers from The Gardens.
Domino Square
Work is wrapping up on Domino Square, a one-acre addition to the existing Domino Park, that is located adjacent to the Selldorf towers and the Refinery. Designed by Studio Cadena, the structure fronting Kent Avenue will include retail spaces and serve as the gateway to the new public space by Field Operations. A water treatment facility is located in the basement below.
Architect: Selldorf Architects (Design Architect), dencityworks Architecture (Executive Architect); Interiors: Selldorf Architects, dencityworks Architecture, Bonetti Kozerski; Structural Engineer: Cosentini Associates; Facade Consultant: Lavis ED; Landscape Architect: Field Operations; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Residential Rental and Condo, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: Park House at 500 W 22
East facade from 10th Avenue.
Construction scaffolding is coming down at residential condo building Park House in Chelsea by Brantwood Capital. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the building features a multi toned brick facade in shades of red and orange with large in-swing casement windows. When completed, the development will offer 10 residences adjacent to the High Line and Clement Clarke Moore Park.
Northeast corner from 10th Avenue.
Architect: Selldorf Architects; Developer: Brantwood Capital; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Chelsea, New York, NY; Completion: 2021.
Tour: 21 East 12th Street
Northeast corner from East 13th Street and University Place.
Construction has wrapped up at William Macklowe Company's 21 E 12, the 22-story residential condo tower in Greenwich Village. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the tower's façade features precast panels of light colored cast stone and punched casement windows. For the duplex penthouse units on the top two floors, the tower sets back and is clad with a floor to ceiling glass curtain wall.
Close-up of the east facade.
Southeast corner from University Place and East 12th Street.
Model Residence 9C
Dining room and living room.
This two-bedroom residence features a corner living room and dining room, along with a master suite situated at the north facing corner.
Living room.
Kitchen.
Master bedroom.
Master bathroom.
Secondary building.
Penthouse Views
View south towards Lower Manhattan from the penthouse.
View southwest towards the West Village and Jersey City from the penthouse.
View northwest towards Hudson Yards from the penthouse.
View north towards Midtown from the penthouse.
Architect: Selldorf Architects (Design Architect), SLCE (Architect of Record); Developer: William Macklowe Company with Goldman Sachs; Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Greenwich Village, New York, NY; Completion: 2019.
SIMS Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility
Architects: Selldorf Architects; Architects of Record: Steven Gambino Architects; Landscape Architects: Mark Vaccaro; Location: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY; Completed: 2013.
Like many cities, New York is built on a vast, often unnoticed network of infrastructure. Its citizens and visitors are more likely to notice the iconic skyscrapers looming overhead than the everyday processes and machinery that keep a city of millions functioning. Last weekend I had the privilege of touring one such facility, the SIMS Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, as part of the Open House New York Preview Program. Led by Tom Outerbridge, General Manager of Sims Municipal Recycling, and Annabelle Selldorf, Principal of Selldorf Architects, the tour was a fascinating education in the mechanisms of sustainably disposing all of the recyclable waste that such a large city can produce.
The facility is located at the end of the 30th Street pier of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Sunset Park was part of New York Harbor's dominant shipping industry, starting in the late 1800's up until the end of World War II. During the war, much of the supplies and troops needed for the war effort were dispatched through the ports of the New York Harbor. With the end of the war and the subsequent decline in manufacturing in the Northeast, the area eventually faded in importance as a shipping port, leaving behind abandoned factory buildings and piers. When the SBMT closed its container terminal business in the 1980's, the NYPD used the 30th Street pier as a parking lot for impounded vehicles until the recycling facility began construction
The facilities are built atop four feet of site fill made from a composite of recycled glass, asphalt, and rock reclaimed from the Second Avenue subway construction. Fortunately, this kept the facilities machinery dry from the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, which impacted New York City during construction, and elevated the buildings above FEMA's new 100 year flood plane. Besides the forward thinking flood plane strategy, the site features many other sustainable elements. Excessive storm water is handled by a gravity-based system comprised of landscape features, bio-swales and a retention pond. Three artificial reefs are employed to restore a habitat for marine and bird life. Also on site is one of the city's largest solar power installations, producing 600kW of power. A wind turbine is also slated to be installed at the site in the near future.
The public plaza leading to the visitor and administration building is partially paved with a multicolored gravel of recycled glass.
Visitors to the site can explore the exhibits inside the Recycling Education Center to learn about the various processes employed to sort each type of material for recycling and the means of transporting those materials to the facility and on to their next destination. Also within the Center are classrooms, a theater, administrative offices for the 75 full-time employees, and a large outdoor terrace with amazing views of the Hudson River and Lower Manhattan.
Connected by a bridge from the Recycling Education Center is the Tipping Building, the first stop for recyclables arriving to the site by barge from SMR facilities in Queens and the Bronx. Items collected in Brooklyn typically arrive by DSNY collection vehicles. Most materials will leave by barge or rail once they have been sorted and processed. Construction of this building and the others on site are built of 98% recycled steel.
Materials brought to the Tipping Building are then sent to the Processing Building to be sorted by material type (metal, glass, plastic, etc.) in a multi-stage process.