Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center
Studio Gang · East Flatbush · 2026
West facade.
Construction has wrapped up at the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Named for the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, the Studio Gang-designed facility houses programs dedicated to fitness, recreation, and learning for the surrounding community across its 74,000 square feet. A gymnasium, walking track, and double-height competition-grade swimming pool are located on the lower three levels. The uppermost level provides learning spaces for kids, teens, and adults, with adjacent roof terrace and gardens for connecting to nature.
Recreation center entry.
The facade features a brick-faced architectural precast concrete panel with mineral wool or spray-applied, closed cell insulation depending on the location. Double and triple glazed windows and curtain walls invite light into the interior spaces, with gently arched windows predominantly located at the ground floor. At the topmost floor, the stepped back exterior transitions to corrugated metal panel cladding and a green roof allows for access to nature.
West facade.
The project is the first LEED Platinum v4 public building in New York City, achieved through its high-performance building envelope, energy recovery system, and all-electric heating and cooling. Some of the notable sustainable features include 75-foot-long mass timber beams spanning the ceiling of the pool space, low-carbon concrete superstructure, extensive green roofs, and bioswales at the surrounding ground floor landscape.
Southwest corner.
Close-up of a window.
Architect: Studio Gang; Structural and Facade Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; MEP Engineer: WSP; Landscape Architect: Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect; Construction: Consigli Construction; Client: NYC Department of Design and Construction/NYC Department of Parks & Recreation; Program: Fitness, Pool, Basketball Court, Community Meeting Space; Location: East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Early 2026.
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Adjaye Associates · Harlem · 2025
North facade from West 125th Street.
Construction has wrapped up at the new 82,000 square foot home for The Studio Museum in Harlem on 125th Street. The museum, which has existed in a previous structure on the site since 1979, is dedicated to artists of African descent. Designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson, the massing of the museum’s new 6-story structure features a stack of one and two-story volumes with large apertures that allow the public to glimpse the activity within. The exterior of the museum is clad in dark grey precast concrete and glass panels. Along with column free galleries, the building also includes an education center, theater, a studio for artists in residence, a cafe, and a rooftop terrace by Studio Zewde.
North facade.
Looking up at the north facade.
Facade detail.
Northwest corner from Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
Close-up of the northwest corner.
Northwest corner from West 125th Street.
Looking up at the south facade from West 124th Street.
Looking up at the north facade from the main entry.
Entry lobby.
Looking down at the ground floor and The Stoop seating area.
Looking up at the dark grey, monolithic terrazzo stair.
Architects: Adjaye Associates (Design Architect), Cooper Robertson (Architect of Record); Construction Manager: Sciame Construction with McKissack & McKissack; Client: The Studio Museum in Harlem; Program: Museum; Location: Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: Fall 2025.
1 Java Street
Marvel Architects · Greenpoint · 2026
Southwest corner of the tower from the pier at WNYC Transmitter Park.
Construction is nearing completion at Lendlease and Aware Super’s two-tower residential development 1 Java on the Greenpoint waterfront. Designed by Marvel Architects, the 834 rental unit development includes a 37-story tower at the southwest corner of the site and a shorter 20-story tower at the northeast corner. The north tower is clad in medium grey precast panels and punch window, while the south tower is clad in white and beige precast panels. with punch window. An adjacent low-rise residential podium between 5- and 8-stories occupies the eastern half of the block. The podium is broken down into sections with varying shades of red brick and articulation.
Southwest corner of the tower.
West facade of the towers from the Greenpoint ferry terminal pier.
Northwest corner of the towers along with the Greenpoint (left) and the Huron (far left).
Northeast corner from the intersection of West and India Streets.
Looking up at the south facade of the southwest tower.
Southeast corner from West and Java Streets.
Architect: Marvel Architects; Interiors: Marvel Architects, INC Architecture and Design, Creme; Construction Manager: Lendlease; Developer: Lendlease with Aware Super; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2025.
Bergen Brooklyn
Frida Escobedo · Boerum Hill · 2026
Close-up of a portion of the south facade from Bergen Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Avdoo & Partners’ Bergen Brooklyn at 323 Bergen Street in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Frida Escobedo, the 7-story residential condominium development features two crenelated solid volumes separated by a glass structure at the center of the nearly block long development. The primary residential volumes are clad in light tan hand-made cast concrete that varies in articulation from solid smooth horizontal panels to sawtoothed vertical piers.
Looking up at a portion of the south facade from Bergen Street.
Architect: Frida Escobedo; Interior Design: Workstead; Master Planning & Landscape Design: DXA Studio & Patrick Cullina; Developer: Avdoo & Partners; Program: Residential; Location: Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2026.
Bergen Brooklyn
Frida Escobedo · Boerum Hill · 2026
Close-up of a portion of the south facade from Bergen Street.
Construction scaffolding is coming down at Avdoo & Partners’ Bergen Brooklyn at 323 Bergen Street in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Frida Escobedo, the 7-story residential condominium development features two crenelated solid volumes separated by a glass structure at the center of the nearly block long development. The primary residential volumes will be clad in light tan hand-made cast concrete that varies in articulation from solid smooth horizontal panels to sawtoothed vertical piers.
Looking up at a portion of the south facade from Bergen Street.
Architect: Frida Escobedo; Interior Design: Workstead; Master Planning & Landscape Design: DXA Studio & Patrick Cullina; Developer: Avdoo & Partners; Program: Residential; Location: Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2026.
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Adjaye Associates · Harlem · 2025
Construction is nearing completion at the new 82,000 square foot home for The Studio Museum in Harlem on 125th Street. The museum, which has existed in a previous structure on the site since 1979, is dedicated to artists of African descent. Designed by Adjaye Associates with Cooper Robertson, the massing of the museum’s new 5-story structure features a stack of one and two-story volumes with large apertures that allow the public to glimpse the activity within. The exterior of the museum is clad in dark grey precast concrete and glass panels, which are now fully installed. Along with column free galleries, the building will also include an education center, theater, a studio for artists in residence, a cafe, and a rooftop terrace by Studio Zewde.
Northwest corner from West 125th Street.
South facade.
Architects: Adjaye Associates (Design Architect), Cooper Robertson (Architect of Record); Construction Manager: Sciame Construction with McKissack & McKissack; Client: The Studio Museum in Harlem; Program: Museum; Location: Harlem, New York, NY; Completion: Fall 2025.
1 Java Street
Marvel Architects · Greenpoint · 2026
Southwest corner of the tower from the pier at WNYC Transmitter Park.
Facade installation is wrapping up at Lendlease and Aware Super’s two-tower residential development 1 Java on the Greenpoint waterfront. Designed by Marvel Architects, the 834 rental unit development includes a 37-story tower at the southwest corner of the site and a shorter 20-story tower at the northeast corner. The north tower is clad in medium grey precast panels and punch window, while the south tower is clad in white and beige precast panels. with punch window. An adjacent low-rise residential podium between 5- and 8-stories occupies the eastern half of the block. The podium is broken down into sections with varying shades of red brick and articulation.
Southwest corner of the tower.
West facade of the towers from the Greenpoint ferry terminal pier.
Northwest corner of the towers along with the Greenpoint (left) and the Huron (far left).
Northeast corner from the intersection of West and India Streets.
Looking up at the south facade of the southwest tower.
Southeast corner from West and Java Streets.
Architect: Marvel Architects; Interiors: Marvel Architects, INC Architecture and Design, Creme; Construction Manager: Lendlease; Developer: Lendlease with Aware Super; Program: Residential Rental; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2026.
144 Vanderbilt
Southeast corner from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Installation of precast panels has finished at Tankhouse’s eight-story residential building at 144 Vanderbilt Avenue in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. The development is designed by Solid Objectives with Kane Architecture and Urban Design, the third such collaboration between developer and architect. Gate Precast is the manufacturer of the pink hued precast concrete panels, which come in two shades and surface treatments.
When completed, the development will offer 25 residential units in 21 different unit types, including townhomes, flats, split-level units, and duplexes. As with the other two collaborations between SO-IL and Tankhouse, each unit will have considerable outdoor space and exterior circulation from vertical circulation to unit entry.
Residents will have access to amenities that include coworking/lounge space, gym, kids room, shared rooftop garden, and subcellar parking. Amenities will be arranged around two sunken courtyards.
Northeast corner from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Architects: SO-IL (Design Architect), Kane Architecture and Urban Design (Executive Architect); Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: ABS; Envelope: Entuitive; Lighting: ONP; Developer: Tankhouse; Program: Residential; Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Wildflower Studios
Southwest corner.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Wildflower Studios’ film production campus in Astoria, Queens. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, the 775,042 square foot complex will house 11 sound stages, production-support areas, public and private offices, fitness room, cafes, and lounges across 5.25 acres. There will also be a waterfront esplanade open to the public.
Southeast corner from 19th Avenue.
South facade from 19th Avenue.
South facade from 19th Avenue.
Southwest corner from 19th Avenue.
Southwest corner and future esplanade under construction.
West facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Close-up of the west facade.
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group; Client: Wildflower Studios; Program: Film Studios; Location: Astoria, Queens, NY; Completion: 2024.
1 Eagle Street - Eagle + West
OMA NY · Greenpoint · 2022
Construction is wrapping up at Greenpoint Landing’s fourth market rate site Eagle + West, a two tower development by Brookfield Properties that offers 745 residential rental units. Designed by Jason Long of OMA New York, the 30 and 40-story towers feature a massing that recalls a ziggurat and its inverse.
Eagle + West at sunrise on the Williamsburg waterfront, with the towers of Hunters Point South visible to the north (left).
The form of the taller southwest tower features four inverted cantilever phases on the 14th, 21st, 28th, and 36th floor that extend the cantilever to a total of 50 feet from the base structure to the top floors. At each cantilevered phase, engineered steel truss platforms were installed to support and take the load of the cantilever during construction. Once the platforms are removed, the cantilevered slabs are supported by sloping columns designed to transfer the load back to the structure and hung columns reinforced with multi strand post tension to support the structure suspended from above, like a suspension bridge. The post tension multi strand reinforcing, protected by plastic sleeves, is pulled at the top of each column to bring them into tension to support the cantilever.
Northeast corner of Eagle + West, amongst the other towers of Greenpoint Landing (right).
Close-up of the tower facade.
Southeast corner from West Street.
Southeast corner.
Precast concrete panels with 8 foot square windows clad the towers and feature angled planes that change orientation with each block of setbacks and cantilevers.
Looking up at the east facade at the 277 West Street residential entry.
The residential entry canopy at 277 West Street.
Close-up of the ground floor facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
The two towers are linked by a bridge that contains a pool and fitness center with Manhattan skyline views.
Residential entry at the south facade.
Residential Entrance Lobby
Concierge desk at the residential entry lobby.
Residential Amenities
Amenity lounge under construction.
Residents have access to 42,000 square feet of amenities that include a great room, test kitchen, coworking center, fitness center & yoga studio, spin studio, indoor and outdoor pools, pool lounge, central terrace, crash pad, the workshop, game room, and children’s room.
Pool Lounge
Pool Lounge
Great Room
Great Room
Central Terrace
Looking up at the east facade and the hanging platform for the overhang cladding.
Coworking Center
View west towards Midtown Manhattan from the south tower terrace.
Residences
Greenpoint Landing’s waterfront towers.
North facade from Hunters Point South Park.
Architect: OMA New York with Beyer Blinder Belle; Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers; MEP and LEED: Cosentini Associates; Facade: Thornton Tomasetti; Waterfront Landscape Architect: James Corner Field Operations; Interior and Landscape Architect: Marmol Radziner; Concrete: Highbury Concrete; Developers: Brookfield Property Partners, Park Tower Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
