Archinect - News 2024-11-14T11:25:54-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150033913/bjarke-ingels-curvy-east-harlem-tower-tops-out Bjarke Ingels’ curvy East Harlem tower tops out Devin Gannon 2017-10-18T11:34:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6h/6htbp2crbd66yivm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The concrete, t-shaped residential tower designed by starchitect,&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/119441449/session-14-his-bjark-is-bigger-than-his-bjite-a-chat-with-bjarke-ingels-at-the-opening-of-big-s-hot-to-cold-exhibition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bjarke Ingels</a> and his firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BIG</a>, topped out over the weekend, adding diversity to Upper Manhattan&rsquo;s usual upright architecture. The&nbsp;East Harlem&nbsp;project at 158 East 126th Street, known as E126, uniquely slopes inward as it rises upward, allowing more sunlight to hit the street. As&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cityrealty.com/nyc/market-insight/features/future-nyc/bjarke-ingels039s-curving-harlem-rental-e126-tops-out/12164" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CityRealty</a>&nbsp;learned, the unusual configuration will provide residents incredible views of the East River and Central Park from a rooftop garden.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ja/jar7yq6chg5gxlhk.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ja/jar7yq6chg5gxlhk.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering of E126 courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gi/gi8fq1gyf5ws9iiz.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gi/gi8fq1gyf5ws9iiz.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Construction progresses at E126, photo via CityRealty</figcaption></figure><p>According to the firm&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="http://m.big.dk/getslideshow/301/2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>, the t-shaped footprint, &ldquo;offers a diverse set of unit sizes and layout organizations.&rdquo; The building&rsquo;s facade of interlocking checkerboard pattern panel system allows floor-to-ceiling windows in every unit.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ot/otipkw1gdbj65xez.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ot/otipkw1gdbj65xez.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering of E126 courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7x/7xujklwzskdgc8cx.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7x/7xujklwzskdgc8cx.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering of E126 courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><p>Developed by Edward Blumenfeld&rsquo;s Blumenfeld Development Group (BDG),...</p>