Written By Ankit Lad | Subscribe To Our Telegram Channel To Get Latest Updates And Don’t Forget To Follow Our Social Media Handles Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter. The developers of 111 West 57th Street purchased Steinway Hall in 2013. The concept makes use of Steinway Hall’s “air rights,” a 96-year-old historic structure that originally hosted performance halls and piano showrooms for the famed Steinway & Sons. “A daring interpretation of what is feasible within the limitations of the Midtown Manhattan zoning envelope,” according to SHoP Architects. The tapering design of the tower was influenced by New York’s renowned early twentieth-century buildings. With slim mullions that slope upwards towards the crown, the building’s bronze and terracotta façade pays homage to New York’s art deco tradition. This may appear to be a lot, but it’s nothing out of the norm for New York: The penthouse at 220 Central Park South was recently purchased by billionaire Ken Griffin for $238 million. Special Facts Of The TowerĪt least $100 million is likely to be paid for the tallest unit. 432 Park Avenue, One 57, and Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s Central Park Tower are among the other premium structures on 57th Street. The first five floors will have common entertainment areas and high-end stores, while the upper 77 floors will be home to premium apartments.īillionaire’s Row is located on West 57th Street and is named after the super-rich investors who are driving the construction of residential towers along 57th and surrounding streets. The 82-story Steinway Tower is the tallest building in New York City. Design And Structure Of The Steinway Tower Its height surpasses Rafael Violy’s 432 Park Avenue (1,396 ft) and Atelier Christian de Portzamparc’s ONE57. The tower will stand at a height of 1,428 feet (435 metres). With a width-to-height ratio of about 1:24, Steinway Tower will be the world’s most thin skyscraper when it is finished. The external hoist was ultimately demolished in March 2021, and the structure is currently nearing completion.
Final embellishments, such as an architectural crown, were gradually added throughout the pandemic after the superstructure was completed. SHoP Architects’ 111 West 57th Street skyscraper is ready to become Manhattan’s contemporary iconic building paying homage to other historic New York buildings.The luxury Steinway Tower at 111 West 57th Street, designed by SHoP Architects, marked a significant milestone in April 2019 when the building’s concrete form was completed. Those panels are stacked into an involuted pattern, like a softly breaking wave. The tower’s facade is made of thousands of large terracotta panels that wrap its east and west sides- each panel is individually cast, fired, and hand-glazed, creating a radiantly striated pattern that accommodates subtle openings in glass and bronze. Without mimicking historic precedent, this approach unifies the massing of 111 West 57th Street in the tradition of classic towers such as One Wall Street, 30 Rockefeller Center, or the Empire State Building. The setbacks serve as sites for a finial at the top of each column of the terra-cotta ornament that rises on the east and west facades.
In fact, the process has already begunconstruction managers and non-union subcontractors poured the building's foundation last September. 57th Street tower is creating great controversy because developers plan to erect it with non-union labor. Mandated setbacks were multiplied where the building form contacts the sky-exposure plane, resulting in a feathered rather than a stepped profile. The skinny skyscraper, with its feathered form, was designed by SHoP Architects. The tower’s form is also a bold interpretation of what is possible within the requirements of the Midtown Manhattan zoning envelope. SHoP Architects are honoring the craft of the Steinway piano along with the important connection to historic New York architecture, integrating into their designs meticulous ornamentation along its facade and interiors as a reinterpretation of historic motifs with a contemporary expression. New York-based SHoP architects complete the exterior of a super tall skyscraper in Manhattan, the tallest residential building in the Western hemisphere, paying respect for the architecture of the past, looking backward to create a new design language.ĭesigned for JDS Development, the 111 West 57th Street building emerges from “Steinway Hall,” a New York landmark building, built in 1925 by Warren & Wetmore architects, the architects of Grand Central Station, and home of the Steinway & Sons Piano Company.
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