Construction Update: Brooklyn Tower at 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and Brooklyn Tower from Bond Street.
Facade installation is nearing completion at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 93-story tower rises 1,066 feet and sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank built in 1929.
Looking up at the southwest corner of Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and Brooklyn Tower.
Looking up at Brooklyn Tower from Fleet Street.
SHoP Architects’ massing design of interlocking hexagonal extruded volumes draws on the hexagon motif of the adjacent bank’s floors and ceiling ornamentation. Curtain wall panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal clad the tower.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner of Brooklyn Tower from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Closeup of the Brooklyn Tower’s crown.
Northeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Northeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Looking up at the southwest corner of Brooklyn Tower from the roof of the Brooklyn Dime Saving Bank.
Closeup of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank.
Roof of the Brooklyn Dime Saving Bank.
Closeup of the Brooklyn Tower facade.
The tower offers 150 residential condos on the 53rd floor and above, with units ranging in size from studios to 4-bedrooms. Below the 53rd floor, the tower will offer 400 residential rental units, with 120 of those units falling under the affordable housing program.
View northwest towards Lower Manhattan from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Hudson Yards from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Midtown from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View northeast towards the East River waterfront from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Greenpoint Landing and Hunters Point South from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
View of Downtown Brooklyn from the top of Brooklyn Tower.
Brooklyn Tower on the Brooklyn skyline.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Residential Interiors: Gachot Studios; Amenities Interiors: Woods Bagot; Landscape Designer: HMWhite; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: Brooklyn Tower at 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from Bond Street.
Superstructure has topped out at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 73-story tower sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. Installation of the curtain wall continues at the upper half of the tower with panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from Bond Street.
Superstructure has reached the half way mark at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall tower 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 73-story tower sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. Installation of the curtain wall continues at the lower floors with panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal.
Northeast corner.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 9 Dekalb
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from Bond Street.
Superstructure is nearing the half way mark at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall tower 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 73-story tower sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. Installation of the curtain wall has begun at the lower floors with panels of floor-to-ceiling glass, blackened metal, and bronze colored metal.
Northeast corner.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 111 West 57th Street
111 W 57 (right) on the Midtown skyline.
Facade installation is wrapping up on the crown at supertall Midtown residential tower 111 West 57th Street by JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 1,428-foot tower will offer 60 residential condos when it wraps up construction some time in 2020. Installation of the terra-cotta, bronze, and glass curtain wall at the east and west facades is mostly complete. Only the top floors of the metal and glass facade at the north and south portions of the crown remain to be installed.
South facade of 111 W 57 (left) and 53 W 53 (right).
Close-up of the south facade.
Northwest corner of the tower and crown.
South facade of the tower and crown.
West facade of the tower and crown.
West facade of the tower and crown.
Southeast corner of the tower and crown.
South facade of the tower and crown.
Looking up at the west facade of 111 W 57 (left) and One57 (right).
West facade of 111 W 57 (center) and One57 (right).
Architect: SHoP Architects; Interiors: Studio Sofield; Developer: JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Update: 9 Dekalb
Northeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Superstructure has surpassed the 12th floor at JDS Development Group’s residential supertall tower 9 DeKalb in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 73-story tower sits next to the landmarked Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank. The tower will be clad in glass and bronze and offer 500 residential units.
East facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from Bond Street.
View of City Point (left) and the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank with 9 Dekalb (right).
View of the Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank and 9 Dekalb from City Point.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2022.
Construction Tour: 111 W 57 - Steinway Hall
South facade of Steinway Hall.
Steinway Hall
Included in the 111 West 57th Street tower is the restoration of Steinway Hall, designed in 1925 by Warren & Wetmore as the home of Steinway & Sons’ concert hall and piano showroom. The building will now be integrated into the residential function of the adjacent tower and offer four floors of luxury retail space and a residential penthouse.
Residential Entry Lobby
Mural by John Opella.
Rotunda Reception Room
Domed ceiling hand painted by Paul Arndt.
Railing at the rooftop terrace.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Interiors: Studio Sofield; Developer: JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Tour: 111 W 57
Billionaire’s Row skyline from the Sheep Meadow in Central Park.
Crowning steel has topped out at JDS Development Group, Property Market Group, and Spruce Capital Partners’ supertall Midtown residential tower at 111 West 57th Street. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 1,428-foot tower will offer 60 residential condos when it wraps up construction some time in 2020. Installation of the terra-cotta, bronze, and glass curtain wall has reached the last quarter of the 91-story tower.
Views from Floor 65
View south.
View west.
View north towards Central Park.
View east.
Terra-cotta Facade
A curtain wall system of terra-cotta, glass, and bronze panels clads the east and west facades. The 43,000 pieces of terra-cotta, by NBK Terracotta, are mechanically fastened to a unitized aluminum curtain wall system divided into 4-foot-by-16-foot panels. SHoP architects designed the 3-d wave geometry of the terra-cotta using computational scripting.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Interiors: Studio Sofield; Developer: JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Construction Update: 111 W 57
North facade of the tower and crown.
Crowning steel has reached the rooftop parapet at JDS Development Group's supertall Midtown residential tower at 111 West 57th Street. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 1,428-foot tower will offer 60 residential condos when it wraps up construction some time in 2020. Installation of the terra-cotta, bronze, and glass curtain wall has reached the last quarter of the 82-story tower.
Billionaire’s Row skyline from the Sheep Meadow in Central Park.
Looking up at the south facade from West 57th Street.
Looking up at the east facade.
Close-up of the east terra-cotta and glass facade.
Close-up of the east terra-cotta and glass facade.
Steinway Hall
Also included in the project is the restoration of Steinway Hall, designed in 1925 by Warren & Wetmore as the home of Steinway & Sons’ concert hall and piano showroom. The building will now be integrated into the residential function of the adjacent tower and offer four floors of luxury retail space.
South facade of Steinway Hall.
Architect: SHoP Architects; Interiors: Studio Sofield; Developer: JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, Spruce Capital Partners; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion: 2020.
Building Tour: The American Copper Buildings
East facade of the towers from the East River.
Construction has wrapped up at JDS Development Group's American Copper Buildings, the twin residential rental towers at 626 First Avenue on the East River waterfront in Manhattan. Designed by SHoP Architects, the sloping 41 and 49-story towers feature copper cladding on their north and south facades that is achieved by laminating a thin sheet of copper to stainless steel, with a gypsum-based composite panel in between. The copper panels will naturally patina with time, transitioning from their initial shine to a more muted tone. East and west facades feature a glass curtain wall that allows for expansive views of the East River waterfront and the Midtown skyline.
Northeast corner of the towers from the East River.
Looking up at the skybridge.
Garden
A garden designed by SCAPE anchors the northeast corner of the site. The landscape architects envisioned the park as both an active civic space and a functional water filtration system. According to SCAPE’s website, the park is designed as “a layered water-collection system that responds to multiple types of inundation.”
Amenities
The two towers are connected by a three-story skybridge at the 27th to the 29th floor that houses amenities such as a fitness center, a 75 foot indoor lap pool, and residents lounge.
Residents lounge.
Residents lounge.
Ceiling detail at the residents lounge.
Fitness center entry.
Juice bar.
Fitness center.
View to the west from the fitness center.
Rock climbing wall in the fitness center.
Fitness center.
Stair detail in the fitness center.
Closeup of the east facade at the skybridge.
Tile wall detail.
Pool floor detail.
Architects: SHoP Architects; Interior Design: K&Co; Developer: JDS Development Group; Program: Residential, Retail, Park; Location: Murray Hill, New York, NY; Completion: 2017.
