2024-12-22T03:16:37-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149580668/a-closer-look-at-big-s-west-57th-street-courtscraper Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-03-04T13:01:00-05:00 >2021-09-15T20:19:18-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wu/wukb94ppy1duybko.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>It&rsquo;s tempting to see this as celebrity&rsquo;s flourish, but consider all that the shape achieves: It maximizes river views and covered balconies, obstructs its neighbors as little as possible, fills a deep narrow block without resorting to an ungainly slab, protects even low apartments from the noise of the West Side Highway, pierces the skyline with a jaunty top, and leaves room for a courtyard that even in winter basks in sunlight most of the day.</p></em><br /><br /><p>More BIG news from around the world:</p> <ul><li><a title="New Renderings Revealed for 217 West 57th Street, the Will-Be Tallest Residential Building in the World" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/125746384/new-renderings-revealed-for-217-west-57th-street-the-will-be-tallest-residential-building-in-the-world" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Renderings Revealed for 217 West 57th Street, the Will-Be Tallest Residential Building in the World</a></li><li><a title="Albright-Knox Gallery announces short list of firms for $80m expansion: Sn&oslash;hetta, BIG, OMA, wHY, Allied Works" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149425610/albright-knox-gallery-announces-short-list-of-firms-for-80m-expansion-sn-hetta-big-oma-why-allied-works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albright-Knox Gallery announces short list of firms for $80m expansion: Sn&oslash;hetta, BIG, OMA, wHY, Allied Works</a></li><li><a title="Serpentine unzips Bjarke Ingels' Pavilion and 4 Summer Houses" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/148885108/serpentine-unzips-bjarke-ingels-pavilion-and-4-summer-houses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serpentine unzips Bjarke Ingels' Pavilion and 4 Summer Houses</a></li><li><a title='BIG is proposing this "pixellated"-module housing project in Toronto' href="http://archinect.com/news/article/148749401/big-is-proposing-this-pixellated-module-housing-project-in-toronto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BIG is proposing this "pixellated"-module housing project in Toronto</a></li><li><a title="The Future of New York&rsquo;s Skyline" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/146650375/the-future-of-new-york-s-skyline" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Future of New York&rsquo;s Skyline</a></li><li><a title="Updated renderings revealed for Bjarke Ingels' High Line twin(ish) towers" href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145730937/updated-renderings-revealed-for-bjarke-ingels-high-line-twin-ish-towers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Updated renderings revealed for Bjarke Ingels' High Line twin(ish) towers</a></li></ul>