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Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building

Curtain wall installation is nearing completion at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new academic building on the Garment District campus. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 9-story building will contain classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a center for student life.

Northeast corner from West 28th Street.

Looking up at the north facade from West 28th Street.

Northwest corner from West 28th Street.

Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.

 
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Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building

Northeast corner from West 28th Street.

Curtain wall installation is underway at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new academic building on the Garment District campus. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 9-story building will contain classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a center for student life.

Looking up at the north facade from West 28th Street.

Northwest corner from West 28th Street.

Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.

 
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Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building

Superstructure has topped out at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new academic building on the Garment District campus. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 9-story building will contain classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a center for student life.

Rendering by SHoP Architects.

Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.

 
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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.

 
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Construction Update: FIT New Academic Building

Superstructure is rising at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s new academic building on the Garment District campus. Designed by SHoP Architects, the 9-story building will contain classrooms, administrative offices, review and exhibition spaces, and a center for student life.

Rendering by SHoP Architects.

Architect: SHoP Architects; Client: Fashion Institute of Technology; Program: Education; Location: Garment District, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.

 
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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.

 
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Construction Update: The Wharf DC - Phase Two

Construction is ongoing at The Wharf’s phase two development at the Southwest Waterfront in Washington, DC. Developers Hoffman & Associates and Madison Marquette opened phase one in October 2016 with five buildings with residential, hotel, office, retail, and private event space. When completed in 2022, the second phase will offer 1.25 million square feet of mixed-use space in five additional buildings and two water buildings at the southern half of The Wharf.

Parcels 6 and 7

SHoP Architects is overseeing the design of Parcel 6 and 7’s 500,000 square feet of Class A office space and 33,000 square feet of retail space. The program is split among two buildings connected at the lower levels and clad in a glass curtain wall.

Parcel 6 and 7 facade detail.

North facade of Parcel 6.

Northeast corner of Parcel 6 from Maine Avenue SW.

East facade of Parcels 6 and 7 from Maine Avenue SW.

Water Building 1

Hollwich Kushner is overseeing the design of Water Building 1, a three-story hospitality structure built over a pier in the Potomac River. A steel ring truss of rectangular hollow sections and glass curtain wall clad the lower two floors of the concrete flat slab structure.

Parcel 8

ODA New York is leading the design on the mixed-use Parcel 8 building, which will offer 235 apartments and a 131-key hotel with 10,000 square feet of retail at the base.

Southwest facade of Parcel 8.

Northeast facade of Parcel 8 from Maine Avenue SW.

Southeast corner of Parcel 8 from Maine Avenue SW.

Southeast corner of Parcel 8 from Maine Avenue SW.

Parcel 9

Rafael Vinoly is leading the design of Parcel 9, which will offer 96 residential condo units and 18,000 square feet of retail.

East facade of Parcel 9 from Maine Avenue SW.

Northeast corner of Parcel 9 from Maine Avenue SW.

North facade of Parcel 9 from Maine Avenue SW.

Parcel 10

At the southern edge of the Wharf’s phase two, Morris Adjmi Architects is overseeing a five-story structure with 60,000 square feet of office space with 15,000 square feet of retail.

Southeast corner of Parcel 10 from Water Street SW.

Northeast corner of Parcel 10 from Water Street SW.

North facade of Parcel 10 from Water Street SW.

Phase two buildings.

 
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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.

 
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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.

 
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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.

 
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