Construction Update: 450 11th Avenue
Northwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Facade installation is nearing completion at Marx Development Group’s 51-story Aloft Hotel adjacent to Hudson Yards. Designed by DSM Design Group, the 642-foot tall tower is clad in a glass curtain wall from Custom Metalcrafters that is divided into alternately angled 2-story sections. When completed, the project will offer 379 guest rooms, a restaurant and bar, ballroom, and business center.
Closeup of the north facade.
Closeup of the tower crown.
West facade from 11th Avenue.
Closeup of the west facade.
Looking up at the northwest corner.
Closeup of the northwest corner.
Southwest corner from 11th Avenue.
Closeup of the west facade.
Architect: DSM Design Group, Moshe Zur Architects; Developer: Marx Development Group; Program: Hotel; Location: Hudson Yards, New York, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: 25-01 Queens Plaza North
Southwest corner from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Superstructure is rising at Grubb Properties’ residential rental tower at 25-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City. Designed by Handel Architects, the 26-story building sits adjacent to the Queensboro Plaza elevated subway station and will be clad in a dark grey brick with punch window and window wall. Concrete superstructure has nearly reached the larger 11-story podium volume, with the more slender tower volume to rise above the 12th floor rooftop terrace.
South facade from the Queensboro Plaza subway platform.
Southeast corner from Queens Plaza South.
Close-up of the southeast corner.
Architect: Handel Architects; Developer: Grubb Properties; Program: Residential Rental, Retail; Location: Long Island City, Queens, NY; Completion: 2025
Construction Update: 505 State Street
Southeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Curtain wall installation is wrapping up at Alloy’s 100 Flatbush residential tower in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed and developed by Alloy, the tower is the first of two that will rise on the block. It will be the city’s first all-electric tower, using electricity instead of oil or gas to power, heat, and cool the 440 residential rental units.
Looking up at the south facade from State Street.
The first tower, 100 Flatbush, sits at the southern end of the triangular block and takes its flatiron massing form from the block’s shape. Curtain wall clad’s the 44-story tower with panels that include a large glass pane and a vertical shaped pier.
Looking up at the east facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade from Flatbush Avenue.
Northeast corner from Flatbush Avenue.
Southeast corner terrace with a view of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, now known as One Hanson Place.
Looking up at the facade at the southeast corner.
Looking up at the south facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Looking up at the south facade.
Rooftop Terrace Views
View looking west towards Downtown Brooklyn.
View looking north towards Midtown.
View looking north towards Hudson Yards.
View looking south towards Boerum Hill.
View looking southeast towards Pacific Park.
Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, now known as One Hanson Place.
View looking north towards the Brooklyn waterfront and Queens.
Design Architect: Alloy; Structural Engineers: Silman, MKA; MEP Engineer: Cosentini; Interiors: INC Architecture; Developer: Alloy; Program: Residential, Retail, Public Schools; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, New York; Completion: 2024 (First Residential Tower).
Construction Tour: 144 Vanderbilt
East facade from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Superstructure has topped out at Tankhouse’s eight-story residential building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Solid Objectives with Kane Architecture and Urban Design, the development will be clad in precast concrete panels manufactured by Gate Precast.
Northeast corner from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Southeast corner from Vanderbilt Avenue.
Rendering of the southeast corner by SO-IL.
South facade from Myrtle Avenue.
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.
Looking out onto the sunken courtyard.
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.
Construction Tour: Nine Chapel
Facade installation is underway at Tankhouse’s residential tower at 9 Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by SO-IL, the tower rises 158 feet and features a massing broken down into smaller blocks to achieve a more varied appearance and more variety in the residential organization than the zoning code typically produces. This is the second residential development that SO-IL has designed for developer Tankhouse, with the recently completed 450 Warren being the first.
South facade from Jay Street.
Rendering of the residential entrance. Provided by Tankhouse.
West facade from Jay Street.
Rendering of the completed 9 Chapel. Provided by Tankhouse.
Northwest corner from Jay Street.
Looking up at the south facade from Chapel Street.
Designed by SO-IL in collaboration with Kane AUD and Laufs, the facade features undulating, perforated anodized aluminum panels that provide privacy at exterior living areas while allowing in light and air. Each home will offer significant private outdoor space ranging from 98 SF to 2,237 SF. The undulation of the panels is created by the rotation and mirroring of just three unique facade panels. A secondary exterior skin of precast concrete blocks mimic and complement the undulating form of the primary metal facade. Operable windows and glass doors are provided by Kleidco and designed for reduced energy consumption.
Rendering of the completed facade. Provided by Tankhouse.
Close-up of the southwest corner.
Close-up of the west facade.
Close-up of an outdoor private terrace with aluminum perforated panels and metal railing at the perimeter.
An outdoor private terrace.
Close-up of the perforated aluminum panels and precast concrete blocks.
View of Midtown from an outdoor terrace.
View of Downtown Brooklyn from an outdoor terrace.
Architects: SO-IL (Design Architect), Kane Architecture and Urban Design (Architect of Record); Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: CES Engineering; Facade Consultant: LAUFS; Lighting Design: Lighting Workshop; Developer: Tankhouse; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Tour: 430 East 58th Street - Sutton Tower
Construction has wrapped up at 67-story residential condo tower Sutton Tower on the Upper East Side by Gamma Real Estate and JVP Management. Designed by Thomas Juul-Hansen, the 850-foot-tall tower features a slim rectangular massing with beveled corners. The tower is clad in a facade of Bavarian Limestone panels and floor-to-ceiling windows. As the tower rises, the solid panels decrease in width and the glass panels increase, giving the appearance of a lighter tower at the upper floors. Balconies are also present on the southern facade of the upper penthouse floors, offering panoramic views of Midtown and beyond. At the tower’s crown, a pale gold frieze of geometric facets evokes the city’s art deco past.
Residents will have access to four floors of amenities that include: a lounge, outdoor dining terrace, library, media room, private garden, fitness center with yoga and dance studios, spa, steam rooms, and a 50-foot-long swimming pool.
Penthouse Residential Unit
Residences feature wide-plank rift and quarter sawn solid oak floors in a custom stain.
Kitchens feature Italian-crafted cabinetry and honed Statuarietto marble at countertops, backsplash, islands, and insets.
Model Residence
Bathrooms feature floor-to-ceiling Bianco Dolomiti marble at the walls, double wash basins carved from a single block of Bianco Dolomiti marble, and custom-crafted Italian lacquer cabinetry. Cabinet pulls are custom designed and finished in polished chrome.
Architect: Thomas Juul-Hansen (Design Architect), SBJ Group (Executive Architect); Developer: Gamma Real Estate, JVP Management; Program: Residential Condo; Location: Sutton Place, New York, NY; Completion: 2023.
Construction Update: 29 Jay Street
Facade installation is underway at 29 Jay Street, a 221,000 square-foot class-A commercial office building in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Marvel Architects, the 11-story structure is clad in geometric, GFRC panels and large infill windows. When completed, the development will also offer 12,000 square feet of ground floor retail and tenant amenities on a lower level and the rooftop terrace.
Architect: Marvel Architects; Developer: Jay Street Office LLC ; Program: Commercial Office, Retail; Location: DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
Construction Update: One Domino Square at 346 Kent Avenue
Curtain wall installation is nearing completion on the first of two towers at 346 Kent Avenue, a residential development from Two Trees that anchors the southern edge of the Domino Sugar development. Designed by Selldorf Architects, the project massing includes a 7-story podium with 39 and 52-story towers rising above. The project will offer 700,000 square feet of space divided among residential rental and condo units and ground floor retail. Units will be offered in a range that includes studios, one-, two-, three-, and four-bedrooms. Residents of both towers will have access to shared indoor and outdoor amenities such as terraces, lounge areas, fitness, a wellness center and pools.
The towers are clad in a curtain wall of iridescent porcelain tile panels with large glass openings, while the podium is clad in granite with acid-etched glass spandrels and taller glass openings.
Southeast corner of 346 Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade of 346 Kent Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade of 346 Kent Avenue.
Architect: Selldorf Architects (346 Kent Avenue); Developer: Two Trees Management; Program: Residential Rental and Condo, Retail; Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024 (346 Kent Avenue).
Construction Update: 270 Park Avenue
Superstructure has topped out on the last habitable floor at office tower 270 Park Avenue, the future headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in Midtown East. Designed by Foster + Partners, the supertall tower will rise to 1,388 feet and will offer 2.5 million square feet of office space for 15,000 employees. The form of the tower gradually steps back at the east and west facades and tapers on all four sides. At the ground floor, diagonal columns rise up to support the large trading room floors above. The superstructure for the remaining mechanical floors at the tower crown is still ongoing and should finish later this year. Facade installation is also ongoing, with curtain panels nearing the tower’s halfway mark.
Looking up at the west facade from Madison Avenue.
Looking up at the south facade.
Southeast corner from Park Avenue.
Looking up at the east facade from Park Avenue.
Architects: Foster + Partners with Adamson Associates; Client: JPMorgan Chase; Structural Engineer: Severud Associates; Developer: Tishman Speyer; Program: Office; Location: Midtown East, New York, NY; Completion: 2025.
Construction Update: DSNY Brooklyn District 3 Garage
Facade installation is ongoing at the Brooklyn District 3 Garage in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects, the 250,000 square foot facility will provide multi-functional spaces for storage, staff offices, repair, maintenance, and parking for employees and departmental vehicles. The facade is clad with over 175 vertically oriented exposed precast concrete panels and three-dimensional faceted precast panels with alternating window wall panels.
Architect: Dattner Architects; Client: DSNY; Program: Parking, Maintenance, Repair, Offices; Location: Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2024.
