Archinect - News2024-05-27T14:54:33-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150033913/bjarke-ingels-curvy-east-harlem-tower-tops-out
Bjarke Ingels’ curvy East Harlem tower tops out Devin Gannon2017-10-18T11:34:00-04:00>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, <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’s usual upright architecture. The East Harlem project at 158 East 126th Street, known as E126, uniquely slopes inward as it rises upward, allowing more sunlight to hit the street. As <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> 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&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ja/jar7yq6chg5gxlhk.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&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&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/gi/gi8fq1gyf5ws9iiz.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Construction progresses at E126, photo via CityRealty</figcaption></figure><p>According to the firm’s <a href="http://m.big.dk/getslideshow/301/2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>, the t-shaped footprint, “offers a diverse set of unit sizes and layout organizations.” The building’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&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ot/otipkw1gdbj65xez.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&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&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7x/7xujklwzskdgc8cx.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering of E126 courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group</figcaption></figure><p>Developed by Edward Blumenfeld’s Blumenfeld Development Group (BDG),...</p>