432 Park Avenue
Topping out is about to happen at Rafael Vinoly's 432 Park Avenue tower in Midtown. The 96 story tower is a few floors away from reaching its final height of 1396 feet. When completed, the tower will rise above the highest inhabitable floor of the new One World Trade Center, which achieves its full height of 1776 feet with the help of a 408 foot spire.
Looking south on Park Avenue.
Detail of the top of the tower.
The northwest corner of the tower from East 57th Street.
The north facade of the tower from East 57th Street.
Detail of the window units on the tower facade.
The northeast corner of 432 Park Avenue (right) and 450 Park Avenue (left) by Emery Roth & Sons in 1972.
The east facade of 432 Park Avenue (left) and 450 Park Avenue (right).
The southeast corner of the tower from East 56th Street.
Reflections on 430 Park Avenue.
The south facade of the tower from East 56th Street.
432 Park Avenue framed by the Citigroup Center tower.
View from the Museum of Modern Art's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden.
Architects: Rafael Vinoly Architects (Design Architect), SLCE Architects, LLP (Executive Architects); Program: Residential, Retail; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.
Hunter's Point South Commons and Hunter's Point South Crossing
Since the first signs of curtain wall installation in early April, much more of the building envelope has gone up on Building A and installation has begun on Building B. Curtain wall has reached the sixth floor on Building A, with installation of the dark vertical fins visible on the fifth floor of the northeast corner.
The northeast corner of Building A.
Looking east from the waterfront pier.
The northwest corner of Building A.
The western facade of Building A.
The southeast corner of Building A.
View of Buildings A and B from Hunters Point South Park.
In contrast to the vertical articulation and orange accent coloring on Building A, Building B has a blue and green color scheme with rectangular frames interspersed throughout to add dimension to the facade. Currently, the curtain wall installation has reached to the fifth floor on the south and east facades of Building B.
The southwest corner of Building B.
The southern facade of Building B.
The southeast corner of Building B.
View from the oval green playing field at Hunters Point South Park.
Previous Updates:
Architects: SHoP Architects and Ismael Leyva Architects; Program: Residential; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2015.
30 Park Place
Construction Update:
Limestone panels are going up at Robert A.M. Stern's 30 Park Place tower next to the Woolworth Building and the World Trade Center site.
Architects: Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Program: Hotel and Residential; Location: Lower Manhattan, New York, NY; Completion: 2015.