Archinect - News2024-12-22T05:40:09-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150194863/jean-nouvel-s-53-west-53-supertall-in-new-york-city-nears-completion
Jean Nouvel’s 53 West 53 supertall in New York City nears completion Antonio Pacheco2020-04-23T20:58:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c5/c576bbb792883922ae18aea4a2416c93.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As work on the 1,050-foot-tall 53 West 53 tower designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/990/ateliers-jean-nouvel" target="_blank">Ateliers Jean Nouvel</a> in New York City moves toward completion, crews have made progress installing the multicolored aluminum panel cladding that wraps the tower’s stacked pinnacles.</p>
<p>The 53-story tower is attached to the Museum of Modern Art—“Purchasers will receive title to a special Benefactor MoMA membership, affording many substantial museum benefits and privileges,” a press release reads—and features 145 luxury residences. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/94933aac59e2c26b422940ba31f3355c.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/94933aac59e2c26b422940ba31f3355c.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Interior view of the building’s shared swimming pool. Photo courtesy of Hayes Davidson.</figcaption></figure><p>Designed with expressed diagrid structural elements and a sharply tapered form, the tower offers a collection of condominiums ranging in configuration from one to five-bedrooms with the largest units taking up an entire floor of the tower and a series of duplex penthouses capping the building. The penthouse units, according to marketing materials, are accessed via private elevator bays. <br></p>
<p>A construction photo relea...</p>