Tour: Century Plaza
Southeast corner of the site from Avenue of the Stars.
Construction is wrapping up on Next Century Partners’ Century Plaza in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles. The development includes the restoration of Minoru Yamasaki’s Century Plaza hotel (originally opened in 1966) and two new 44-story towers designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.
Northwest corner of the site from Constellation Boulevard.
Looking up at the south facade of the towers from Solar Way.
Restoration of the 400-room Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel has been overseen by Marmol Radziner with guestrooms and public space interiors by Yabu Pushelberg. The hotel will offer a gourmet café, an American brasserie, a rooftop bar, a 14,000-square-foot spa, and two ballrooms. Along with hotel guest rooms, the restored hotel structure will also offer 63 single-story and townhouse homes designed by Yabu Pushelberg.
Entry plaza with a sculpture by Jaume Plensa.
Restored entry canopy at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Century Plaza Hotel lobby.
Hotel restaurant.
Spa.
Rooftop terrace.
The two 535-foot tall residential towers feature facades of floor-to-ceiling bent glass and glass enclosed terraces. Residents will have access to a collection of amenities that include a pool, fitness center and spa, screening room, library, game room, wine cellars, party spaces, and concierges.
Looking up at the towers (center, right) and restored hotel (right).
Architect: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Gensler; Interiors: Marmol Radziner (Century Plaza Hotel), Yabu Pushelberg (Tower Residences); Landscape Architect: Rios Clementi Hale Studio; Developer: Next Century Partners; Program: Hotel, Residential, Retail; Location: Century City, Los Angeles, CA; Completion: 2021.
Construction Tour Boston: One Dalton
Looking east on Saint Germain Street.
Construction has surpassed the one third mark at Carpenter & Company's Four Seasons Private Residences One Dalton in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. Designed by Henry Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners with Cambridge Seven Associates, the tower will stand 742 feet tall on a triangular site that sets the shape of the rounded triangular form. Superstructure has currently surpassed the 20th floor as New England's future tallest residential tower rises to its final height of 61 stories.
Looking up at the west facade.
Looking up at the northwest corner from Dalton Street.
Northwest corner.
Looking up at the north facade from Belvidere Street.
East facade.
East facade of One Dalton (right) and I.M. Pei's 177 Huntington (left) completed in 1973.
Northeast corner of One Dalton (right) and I.M. Pei's 177 Huntington (left).
When completed, the tower will offer a 215-key Four Seasons hotel on the lower 23 floors and 160 residences on the floors above. Amenities for the residents will be offered on floors 24 and 50 and will include a Private Residents' Club Lounge, a 65 foot indoor lap pool, fitness center and spa, private conference space, private theater, and storage units.
17th floor.
View south from the 17th floor.
View east from the 17th floor.
View northwest from the 17th floor.
Architects: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Cambridge Seven Associates; Interiors: Office of Thierry Despont; Developer: Carpenter & Company; Program: Residential, Hotel; Location: Back Bay, Boston, MA; Completion: 2018.
7 Bryant Park
Installation of curtain wall is almost complete at Pei Cobb Freed's 7 Bryant Park, a 450-foot-tall, 30-story office building on the fringes of Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan. The tower joins other recent additions to the area, like COOKFOX's angular One Bryant Park. Overall, the tower's form is a simple rectangular extrusion with requisite zoning setback on the tenth floor and a conical subtraction at the northeast corner. This rather odd massing gestures faces the park and provides the building's signature element. The design of the curtain wall is a basic glass and linen finish stainless steel spandrel panel that gives the building a heavily striped appearance, bucking the recent trend of suppressing the solid spandrels in other new office buildings throughout the city. When completed later this year, the tower will bring 471,000 rentable square feet to the area, including 6,200 square feet of ground floor retail.
Northeast corner from Bryant Park.
Looking west from Bryant Park with One Bryant Park (far right) and 7 Bryant Park (far left).
Frozen fountain in Bryant Park.
Northeast corner from Sixth Avenue.
Detail of canopy and conical incision at the northeast corner.
North façade from West 40th Street.
Northwest corner from West 40th Street.
East façade from Sixth Avenue.
Southeast corner from Sixth Avenue.
Architects: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP; Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti; MEP Engineer: Jaros Baum & Bolles; Developer: Hines with Pacolet Milliken Enterprises; Program: Office, Retail; Location: Midtown, New York, NY; Completion:2015.
7 Bryant Park
Architects: Pei Cobb Freed; Program: Office, Retail; Location: New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Installation of curtain wall panels has begun on the second floor of the 30-story office tower at 7 Bryant Park. The panels consist of a low iron IGU (Insulated Glazing Unit) and a linen finish stainless steel spandrel panel that will give the building a strong horizontal banding appearance when finished.
The conical incisions at the corner facing Bryant Park are already apparent in the steel structure that has reached the 16th floor. This gesture culminates in the 48 foot diameter stainless steel clad entry canopy, the structure for which has already been installed on site.