280 Kent Avenue
REX Architects · Williamsburg · 2028
Facade installation is underway at Two Trees’ two-tower residential development at 280 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by REX Architects, the 50-story residential towers have started to rise next to the recently completed Domino Refinery building. When completed, the project will offer 1,262 residential units. Currently, the tower superstructure has reached the 6th floor and the curved glass panels of the podium are being installed at the northeast corner.
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Southeast corner from Vernon Boulevard.
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.
Tour: 1 South 1st Street / 10 Grand Street
West facade from the East River.
Construction has wrapped up at One South First (formerly 260 Kent), the second residential tower of the Domino Sugar master plan. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the 42-story tower is located at the northern boundary of Domino Park. Along with 330 residential rental units, the mixed-use building also contains 22 commercial floors with 150,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail, known as Ten Grand Street.
Southwest corner.
COOKFOX was inspired by the molecular structure of sugar crystals for the design of the precast concrete panels that clad the exterior. The molds for the panels were 3D printed using the same BIM model developed for the design and documentation of the building.
West facade of One South First (far left), the Domino Sugar Refinery (center), and 325 Kent (right) at the Domino Sugar development.
Northwest corner of 1 South First.
Northeast corner from Grand Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
Close-up of the precast concrete panels.
Ten Grand Street
North facade of the podium at the Ten Grand Street office entrance.
The northern volume is composed of 20 floors of commercial office space, each measuring 6,000-square-feet and looking out onto the East River waterfront from floor-to-ceiling windows. Office occupants will have access to two floors of amenities, designed by Bonetti/Kozerski, that include a meeting atrium, work lounge, private conference rooms, 48-seat screening theater, open air terraces, fitness center, bicycle lobby and bike storage, and private outdoor rooftop cabana.
Office lobby clad in metallic terra cotta wall tiles and featuring a site-specific light sculpture by artist Cerith Wyn Evans.
Office lobby.
Meeting atrium.
Meeting atrium.
Office floor.
One South First
Residential lobby.
Mail room adjacent to the residential lobby.
Model Residence
Rooftop Terrace
View northwest towards Midtown.
View southwest towards Lower Manhattan.
View south towards the Domino Sugar Refinery under renovation.
Northeast corner of the Domino Sugar Refinery.
Architect: COOKFOX Architects; Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Residential Rental, Office, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Late 2019.
60 Water Street
Curtain wall installation has reached the 14th floor at LEESER Architecture and Ismael Leyva Architect's 17-story, 290-unit rental near Brooklyn Bridge Park. The glass curtain wall features vertical fins, yet to be installed, of opposing triangles that define irregular shapes which help to break down the relentless glass envelope. The Two Trees development will also contain a 300-seat middle school and retail at its base.
The southwest corner rising above the Brooklyn Bridge approach structure.
The northwest corner from Water Street.
The northwest corner from the intersection of Dock Street and Water Street.
The northeast corner from Water Street.
Reflection of the Brooklyn Bridge in the curtain wall.
Reflection of the Clock Tower building in the curtain wall.
The north façade from Water Street.
Detail of operable window and frit pattern.
Detail of entry canopy at northwest corner.
Looking southeast from Empire Fulton Ferry Park.
The southwest corner from Prospect Street and Cadman Plaza.
Architects: LEESER Architecture and Ismael Leyva Architects; Developer: Two Trees; Program: Residential, Education, Retail; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.