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UMaine experiments with 3D printed floor panels made from recyclable natural materials

2024-08-10T11:00:00-04:00

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine are leading interesting new engineering research into floor cassettes made using recyclable natural materials that are strong enough to be used in multi-story buildings. Thanks to experiments at UMaine's cutting-edge Advanced Structures and Composites Center (which previously contributed to our coverage of bio-based 3D printed homes), engineers were able to produce a capable model made from polylactic acid and lumber by-products, such as wood flour.

The SM2ART Nfloor cassette components can be 3D printed in roughly two-thirds the time it takes for a typical floor cassette to be factory assembled, thus saving labor costs. Scott Tomlinson, a structural engineer at the Center, shared: "This technology holds a lot of promise for the future of sustainable buildings." The project came together at the initiative of the SHoP offshoot Assembly OSM.

The work was also recently on display as part of the ...

Developer behind SHoP-designed The Brooklyn Tower is facing foreclosure on $240 million loan

2024-04-04T12:20:00-04:00

Michael Stern, the developer of SHoP’s new The Brooklyn Tower (also known by its address at 9 Dekalb Avenue), is facing foreclosure over a failure to pay a $240 million loan that was extended by Silverstein Properties in 2019 to complete the 93-story project, according to reports from The Real Deal.

As TDR pointed out, Stern is also responsible for 111 West 57th Street, which has had issues with cost overruns and other legal setbacks.

Stern, a veteran of the city’s high-stakes recent luxury market, is known for making huge bets on his projects. Speaking for a 2020 Financial Times profile, FXCollaborative’s Daniel Kaplan said of his approach, “He’s commissioned some very good architecture. The thing that’s really interesting about him is that all the things people say you can’t do — or you can’t do for the money — he says, ‘Forget it!’”

The tower, which stands as Brookly...

SHoP, Field Operations behind proposed $8 billion ‘Metropolitan Park’ mixed-use/casino development in Queens

2023-11-09T19:46:00-05:00

A group affiliated with New York Mets franchise owner Steve Cohen has revealed a proposal for a new mixed-use entertainment district and casino that would occupy a transforming portion of the Willets Point, Queens neighborhood if approved.

The $8 billion proposal covers 50 acres (20 of which will be dedicated open space) and will include designs from SHoP Architects, Fields Operations, and Jeffrey Beers International. The site is located adjacent to another development that was announced in May and is being master planned by HOK to create the first-ever dedicated professional soccer facility in New York City. The plan calls for a hotel, multiple restaurants or bars, a conference space, gardens and athletic facilities, a music venue, and a food hall for local vendors.

Speaking in a press release, Cohen said: “When I bought this team, fans and the community kept saying we needed to do better. Metropolitan Park delivers on the promise of a shared space that people will not only want t...

Born out of SHoP, a startup aiming to disrupt high-rise construction is hiring

2023-02-08T11:18:00-05:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Architectural Design at the University of Hong Kong, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for a VDC Coordinator at Assembly OSM.

The successful candidate will join a team of approximately 30 people in the venture-backed company, who grew out of SHoP Architects with the goal of creating high-rise urban buildings with greater speed, quality, affordability, and environmental credentials that the wider market. The role, based in New York, calls for an individual skilled in 3D modeling to “construct and maintain fabrication-level Revit models for use throughout each product’s lifecycle, from design to fabrication and assembly and eventual operation.”

Why the role interests us

The role at Assembly OSM offers us the opportunity to explore how one startup in the AEC space is seeking to carve a new path toward the design and delivery of hi...

Construction begins on SHoP's record-setting Atlassian HQ hybrid timber tower

2022-09-21T17:42:00-04:00

SHoP has begun work on the 39-story Australian Atlassian HQ project it says will eventually hold the title of the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower upon its completion in 2026.

The project for local Sydney developers Dexus combines mass timber elements with a diagrid steel tube exoskeleton and staggered glass envelope to achieve a 50% reduction in carbon emissions throughout the total 112,000-square-meter (1.2 million-square-foot) structure. It is envisioned as the anchor of Sydney’s new Tech Central district and will run completely on renewable energy sources according to Built, the Australian company serving as one of two main contractors for the $1.4 billion construction.

Image courtesy of Dexus

SHoP explains: “The tower is organized as six discrete but interconnected ‘habitats.’ Each four-level habitat is a freestanding mass-timber construction supported within the efficient steel exoskeleton. A naturally-ventilated zone, akin to an outdoor garden, is located at each level.”

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Developer withdraws ShoP Architects-designed One45 project in Harlem following local opposition

2022-05-31T16:42:00-04:00

The developer of a controversial Harlem complex that would have brought 915 new apartments to an underutilized stretch of 145th Street — half of which would have been income restricted — has scuttled the plan ahead of a subcommittee vote on the project Tuesday morning.

Developers Pointsfive reportedly withdrew their application for the zoning needed to build the mixed-use, ShoP Architects-designed One45 hours before it was set to be voted on by the New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises. The proposal included a pair of 363-foot-tall towers on the corner of West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue, with residential, office, and retail space, along with a rooftop events space.

Previously on Archinect: First look at One45-Museum of Civil Rights in Harlem designed by SHoP Architects

Since its inception, the project has faced pushback from Harlem’s local community board and especially from recently seated local Councilmember Kristin Richardson Jordan. The Harlem native has claimed that the levels of affordability proposed by One45 aren’t in line with the needs of the community, fearing that it would instead indirectly displace Harlem’s Black residents and drive up gentrification. In a round of last-minute moves to gain support for the pro...

SHoP’s Uber headquarters 'breathes' with smart accordion-style windows

2022-05-26T11:47:00-04:00

New York-based SHoP has completed work on the Uber Headquarters in San Francisco. The 423,000-square-foot project is divided into two buildings ranging between six and eleven stories, linked by two suspended walkways.

Photo © Jason O'Rear

The scheme’s star attraction is its active “breathing” façade composed of full-height windows. The computer-controlled system sees windows open and close in an accordion shape, with operable windows strategically placed at specific locations on the façade in response to wind and sun patterns. In addition to satisfying the building’s ventilation needs, the moving façade offers an ever-changing street scene throughout the day.

Photo © Jason O'Rear

Inside, the building’s perimeter is lined by a series of circulation and gathering spaces known as the Commons. The zones form a buffer area between the unconditioned atmosphere on the exterior and the controlled temperatures in the core workspaces, while “bringing the ...

New renderings released of Hudson's Site development in downtown Detroit

2022-05-16T19:44:00-04:00

New renderings were released today of one of the city's most visible and notable developments. While the proposed 685-foot tower at the Hudson's site gets the most attention, the office building next door will be an active space with many places for the public to visit. Bedrock unveiled a look inside the 220-foot office building, with office, event, and dining space.

A revitalization of the historic Hudson’s Department Store site in downtown Detroit, the project will bring 1.5 million square feet of office, retail, event, residential, and hotel space to the area. The development’s design is being led by SHoP Architects and Detroit-based Hamilton Anderson, with Pophouse in charge of designing the interiors of the office building.

Image courtesy of SHoP Architects

The retail space will be positioned at ground level of the office building, and the second and third floors will host the 126,000-square-foot event space, with a capacity of 2,500 people. The top of the building will feature an indoor/outdoor dining space. The office space will span 400,000 square feet.

Image courtesy of SHoP Architects

As reported by Urbanize Detroit, the office building component of the development has topped out, and the under-construction tower has surpassed 200 feet with a topping-out ceremony expected next year. The development is slated for completion in 2024.

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SHoP's 111 West 57th Street supertall tower is one important step closer to completion

2022-04-05T20:00:00-04:00

A milestone development on the way to what is one of the most anticipated new openings of the year as the exteriors have been completed on SHoP’s award-winning 111 West 57th Street supertall tower in Midtown Manhattan.

Once completed, the building will stand as the second-tallest residential structure in the Western Hemisphere and sit atop the landmark Steinway Hall building, which houses 14 of the 60 total full-floor and duplex residences located within the 1,428-foot-tall development.

Video courtesy of SHoP Architects.

The exterior is defined by a stepped design that tapers along the south-facing facade as it reaches ever skyward to create a dramatic visual statement in combination with an east-west oriented terra cotta pilaster cladding system and a 300-foot decorative steel crown.

Photo by Evan Joseph, image courtesy SHoP Architects.

Per the architects: “The intricate façade is designed to be viewed from multiple scales and vantage points: Terra cotta panels with 22 different ...

Passersby injured by falling ice from Billionaires' Row supertall

2022-02-28T13:55:00-05:00

Ice believed to have fallen more than 1,400 feet from a Midtown condo crushed the roof and smashed the windshield of Deneice O’Connor’s car as she drove up Sixth Ave., the shaken motorist said Saturday. “It just crashed down on me. I immediately thought a body had fallen on my car,” O’Connor, 35, told the Daily News.

The ice is believed to have fallen from the SHoP Architects-designed 111 W. 57th Street supertall, one of the world's thinnest skyscrapers and tallest residential buildings in the Western Hemisphere. It is a prominent fixture along “Billionaires’ Row”. Police have also reported that another person, a 17-year-old girl, was injured by falling ice originating from 40 W. 57th Street. The Friday afternoon incidents are being investigated by the city Building Department, with the inspectors issuing a violation against the owners of 111 W. 57th Street.

The TikTok post below shows large panes of ice falling one by one onto the surrounding street as pedestrians walk by.

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Following the withdrawal of SHoP's unionization effort, the architecture community reacts

2022-02-04T17:25:00-05:00

A unionization effort at SHoP Architects that drew attention from across the industry has now been defeated after organizers officially withdrew their petition with the National Labor Review Board (NLRB) to form a labor union within the office.

After a push toward unionization was first made public by the New York Times in December, staffers at the 26-year-old firm are now abandoning the effort, citing a “powerful anti-union campaign” from within and decisions amongst the petitioners to pursue “alternatives” to address some of the abusive workplace conditions that the effort has brought to the fore.

Previously on Archinect: SHoP staffers announce unionization as the industry continues to shift away from traditional firm models

In a statement posted to an Instagram account associated with the group Architectural Workers United (AWU) on Thursday, organizers cited a dissolution of the unity which had carried the effort thus far, claiming that the newfound lack of a quorum was born out ...

SHoP staffers announce unionization as the industry continues to shift away from traditional firm models

2021-12-21T20:24:00-05:00

On Tuesday, employees at the well-regarded firm SHoP Architects said that they were seeking to change the formula of long hours for middling pay by taking a step that is nearly unheard-of in their field. They are seeking to unionize.

The labor organizers at SHoP Architects, which recently became employee-owned, are proposing to join ranks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Architecture, in general, is behind the rest of the economy in terms of similar efforts that could become more and more common now with the public backing of industry groups like The Architecture Lobby, which recently threw its support behind employees at the firm.

“The Architecture Lobby stands in solidarity with Architectural Workers United at SHoP Architects and unequivocally supports their efforts to form a union in their workplace,” the group's Statement of Support reads. “As an organization of architectural workers, we call on the firm’s principals to voluntarily recognize the union and engage in good faith negotiations with the collective bargaining unit.”

“We’re very innovative in a lot of our office work,” SHoP employee and unionization backer Danielle Tellez told the NY Times. “This feels like an...

Brooklyn's first supertall skyscraper officially tops out

2021-10-28T12:58:00-04:00

Brooklyn’s first supertall skyscraper has officially topped out. 9 DeKalb, now officially known as The Brooklyn Tower, stands at 1,066 feet and comprises 93 stories.

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Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development Group, the tower rises adjacent to the historic 20th-century Dime Savings Bank. Its form and façade are informed by the hexagonal composition and patterning of the landmarked former bank, along with its materiality that includes bronze, steel, and marble. Ascending the building, the façade transforms into blackened stainless steel and shades of bronze and copper. Alternating panels of glazing in different sizes and materials create a fade from bronze to black as the tower moves upwards.

The Brooklyn Tower has been under construction since 2018 and cost $750 million to develop. JDS Development Group bought the Dime Savings Bank for $95 million in 2016. ...

Assembly OSM unveils its first modular apartment unit built using car and airplane assembly techniques

2021-10-26T19:55:00-04:00

Modular construction startup Assembly OSM has unveiled its first one-bedroom apartment built using a new digital manufacturing method dubbed Post-Modular construction. Conceptualized by architects and co-founders of SHoP Architects, Bill and Chris Sharples, in collaboration with auto and aerospace engineers at Boeing, SpaceX, and Tesla, Assembly OSM aims to make high-rise construction faster and cheaper in order to address America’s housing crisis.

Assembly OSM’s building methodology takes a similar approach to how cars and airplanes are assembled. Digital twin technology is used to create collections of digitally-designed, fully customizable subassemblies where every item is tracked, assembled, and placed based on certain specifications. Detailed instructions for building components are generated and given to suppliers who then manufacture entire housing features, such as bathrooms, kitchens, and façade panels. From there, Assembly OSM uses its patented clipping mechanism to attach...

SHoP Architects' supertall residential tower 9 DeKalb is now the tallest building in Brooklyn

2021-07-12T14:11:00-04:00

9 DeKalb, a soaring residential tower by SHoP Architects and developers JDS Development Group, is officially the tallest building in Brooklyn, New York.

Via an Instagram post, JDS Development Group announced that the under-construction skyscraper has recently reached 721 feet. When complete, 9 DeKalb will be 93 stories, standing at 1,066 feet.

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The tower sits adjacent to the landmarked Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, which was originally built in 1906. As part of the project, the bank’s interior will be restored and repurposed to form part of a new mid-block connection for pedestrians. The tower’s façade compliments its historic neighbor with a palette of materials, including bronze, steel, and marble.

Image: Courtesy SHoP Architects

9 DeKalb is hexagonal in shape, which was inspired by the patterns and floor plate of the bank. The façade consists of alternating panels of gla...

First look at One45-Museum of Civil Rights in Harlem designed by SHoP Architects

2021-04-13T16:16:00-04:00

Here's our first look at One45, a nearly one-million square foot mixed-use development proposed for West Harlem... A draft scope of work submitted to the city last Friday, reveals two new towers that would rise about 360 feet apiece and contain space for office, retail, residential, and a banquet hall/event area for community use. The program also includes a brand new 48,000-square-foot space for the Museum of Civil Rights (MCR), a long-standing institution founded by Reverend Al Sharpton.

First Look at 'River Green Power' a six-acre green energy hub from SHoP Architects

2021-03-24T12:28:00-04:00

Located at Vernon Boulevard and 43rd Street, Teitelbaum believes his $250 million, six-acre project designed by SHoP Architects will provide thousands of jobs while cutting carbon emissions by 70 percent and supplying energy to the Queensbridge Houses, the largest public housing complex in the country. The project would also see the construction of a "RiverLInC Greenway" connecting the Long Island City waterfront to Roosevelt Island.

Get to know the panelists for Monday's panel on getting through a recession

2020-10-10T13:42:00-04:00

While it's easy to see a recession as nothing but challenge and hardship, a downturn in the economy has historically provided opportunities to make positive change, for both individuals and businesses.

On Monday we'll be (virtually) hosting an important discussion with a group of panelists that have a lot of valuable insight for architects and firm owners about how to best get through a recession. The panel, Lessons on Surviving, and Even Thriving Through a Recession, will take place on Monday, October 12th, from 1-2pm EST (10-11am PST).

How does the current recession compare to previous recessions? Why is architecture so vulnerable to changes in the economy? Should firms scale back or push forward and spend during a recession? How can a firm take advantage of opportunities a recession brings? What's the best approach to leading a team through a challenging time? These are just a few of the questions we plan to address during the panel.

RSVP here to reserve your spot. Our audienc...

Supertall towers in Lower Manhattan beat back legal challenge

2020-08-28T13:01:00-04:00

A group of contested supertall residential towers designed a collection of architecture firms, including SHoP Architects, Handel, and Perkins Eastman for sites in the Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan will be allowed to proceed as initially approved following a legal victory over challenges to the project by municipal authorities.

A recent ruling from the New York State Supreme Court found that approvals for the project were "rationally based in the record and not contrary to law," despite claims from Manhattan Borough president Gale A. Brewer and the New York City Council to the contrary. The decision allows developers JDS Development Group, CIM Group, L+M Development Partners, and Starrett Corporation to proceed with the four towers, which will sprout adjacent to the recently completed 72-story One Manhattan Square complex designed by Adamson Associates in an area largely devoid of tall skyscrapers.

The forthcoming towers are set to bring 2,700 residential units to the area,...

SHoP Architects to create world's tallest "hybrid timber" tower in Sydney

2020-06-25T17:09:00-04:00

New York City-based SHoP Architects and Australian technology company Atlassian have unveiled plans for a 40-story tall timber and steel tower slated for a new business-technology district in Sydney, Australia.

The 280-foot tower will be wrapped with a diagrid steel tube and staggered glass envelope that is set to include solar panels embedded within some of the frames. The designers of the project, CNBC reports, aim to run the building entirely on renewable energy and are projecting energy use levels at 50% below conventional new-build projects.

This loose-fitting envelope will encase a rhythmic arrangement of staggered floor plates and internal gardens that run up the height of the tower. The building's stepped top will also featured staggered terraces populated by trees.

BVN Architecture is serving as Architect of Record on the project, which is scheduled to break ground next year with estimated completion in 2025.

The Midnight Charette podcast interviews architects from SHoP, Marmol Radziner & Laney

2020-02-06T18:09:00-05:00

David and Marina, the dynamic duo behind the Midnight Charette podcast, have hosted some big hitters in the architecture industry recently. We've particularly enjoyed their recent episodes featuring interviews with architects. Their informal style breaks the typically serious, academic format this industry tends to find comfort in, providing a fun peek into their guest's life in and outside of the work we've become familiar with. In particular, we encourage our readers to take a listen to the following episodes:

#160 - Gregg Pasquarelli Architect & Founding Principal of SHoP on The World's Slimmest Skyscraper and New York City

#156 - Leo Marmol FAIA on Design-Build Architecture, Technology, and Modernism

#153 - Anthony Laney On Starting Your Own Firm (And Being Successful At It)

In addition to these recent architect interviews, they've released a number of other episodes covering San Francisco's Castro District, movie reviews, random observations, and working in architecture. Che...

Alloy Development pushes Brooklyn’s skyline higher with new tower proposal

2019-10-21T12:50:00-04:00

100 Flatbush, a proposed 482-foot-tall mixed-use development, is headed for downtown Brooklyn, where developer-architects Alloy Development have filed permits for for a skyscraper that will add to the borough’s growing skyline.

The 374,336-square-foot development will rise 40-stories and will contain 262 residences, according to New York YIMBY. The tower is also set to include 111,000 square feet of commercial spaces and over 100,000 square feet of community functions.

The tower joins a growing cluster of sky-piercing developments slated for the borough, including SHoP's 9 DeKalb, set to rise 1,066-feet, KPF's 745-foot Brooklyn Point tower, and Studio Gang's 620-foot 11 Hoyt, among many others.

Alloy is also developing 80 Flatbush, a 74-story tower set to rise 986-feet on an adjacent site.

Staten Island outlet mall is a mysterious black hole for public funds

2019-08-28T15:00:00-04:00

The Cuomo administration is tapping two discretionary funds to steer nearly $47 million to an outlet mall on Staten Island, a multi-pronged subsidy that increased after the developers contributed $85,000 to the governor's campaign. The Empire State Development corporation last month approved $21.9 million in subsidies for Empire Outlets [...] That's on top of a $25 million grant awarded last April by the state's Dormitory Authority.

The recently-opened mall, designed by SHoP Architects, is part of a larger collection of waterfront revitalization and densification projects taking shape on Staten Island.

Detroit's under-construction Hudson's Site skyscraper may get quite a bit taller than 800 feet

2018-10-08T13:45:00-04:00

Billionaire mortgage mogul and real estate maven Dan Gilbert's skyscraper slated for downtown Detroit may grow by more than 100 feet to 912 feet tall, Crain's has learned. While the final height has not yet been determined, Joe Guziewicz, vice president of construction for Gilbert's Bedrock LLC, confirmed that it will be taller than the 800 feet that was previously announced as the company looks to get "the most flexibility for how we use it and how we program it."

Designed by Hamilton Anderson Associates and SHoP Architects, the massive Hudson's Site mixed-use development broke ground in 2017 and occupies the long-vacant site of the iconic J.L. Hudson's department store in downtown Detroit—in its heydays, the world's tallest department store but ultimately demolished in 1998 after a long economic decline.

Image: SHoP Architects PC, courtesy of Bedrock.

Domino Sugar Factory's waterfront park prepares for grand opening in Brooklyn

2018-06-06T14:25:00-04:00

A dramatic shift is underway on the Williamsburg waterfront: The ruins of the former Domino Sugar Refinery, a neighborhood landmark since the 19th century, are in the process of being transformed into an 11-acre megaproject. Four new buildings are on the way, as is a renovation of the massive factory building [...] Domino Park, a six-acre green space that hugs the edge of the development, opens on June 10.

Curbed New York documents the transformation of the former Domino Sugar Factory where one piece of the massive revitalization—the James Corner Field Operations-designed Domino Park—will open to the public this Sunday. (Prepare for spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline.)

First glimpse at the Domino Sugar Factory's new residential building, designed by SHoP Architects

2018-02-13T15:25:00-05:00

325 Kent by SHoP Architects is the first new structure to open at the 11-acre Domino Sugar Factory, which is being redeveloped by Vishaan Chakrabarti's Practice for Architecture and Urbanism.

Photo: Adrian Gaut.

Located at the Williamsburg waterfront, the residential building stands at 16 stories tall and is clad in a zinc facade on the upper floors and in copper on the lower floors. It features a large architectural opening that is capped by a 3-story bridge that contains the building's core amenities. The building accommodates 522 units, with 104 of them affordable to low-income residents.

Photo: Adrian Gaut.

Photo: Daniel Levin.

Outside, Leeser Architecture designed a 7,000 square-foot roof deck overlooking the Williamsburg Bridge, as well as a 2,000 square-foot courtyard on the fourth floor. At the front of the building, the Domino Park, designed by James Corner Field Operations, will pay tribute to the site's industrial h...

From the Ashes, Detroit continues to rise.

2017-12-18T11:30:00-05:00

An 800-foot-tall centerpiece is coming to Detroit's resurgent downtown as the city continues to build momentum about three years after exiting the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Detroit continues its steep climb back to normalcy and growth. As one of America's hardest-hit areas by the Great Recession, Detroit unemployment was running nearly three times as high as the national average in 2009 at a staggering 28 percent — and the city was bleeding population, losing inhabitants every year for the last six years.

Through all this, Detroit has powered back and hinted its potential as a location of a modern-day renaissance allowing for unhindered creativity and possibilities. Returning to Detroit's legacy of a booming urban center, altogether, the projected projects of downtown look to bring up to 24,000+ jobs to the region with companies such as Microsoft and Ally Financial looking to make a move to Downtown Detroit.

A survey of architecture's new leadership, from Johnston Marklee to Bjarke Ingels

2017-09-13T09:49:00-04:00

They are in that fertile period — agewise, it typically runs from the mid-40s to mid-50s in architecture — when the profession’s next generation of leadership begins to make its mark.

NADAAA, Atelier TAG, SHoP Architects, Oyler Wu Collaborative: these are among the firms highlighted in this piece in the New York Times, which surveys the architects who are currently primed to "lead" the profession. Los Angeles-based pair and married couple Johnston Marklee, who are heading up this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial with a theme of "make new history," are included alongside relative youngster Bjarke Ingels of BIG, who champions his self-described "hedonistic sustainability."

Rendering of the Menil Drawing Institute, designed by Johnston Marklee. Image: Johnston Marklee/Nephew

NYC's super skinny skyscraper is fat with cost overruns, prompting a lawsuit

2017-07-27T17:09:00-04:00

The best things in life are free, but construction cranes still cost money, which has prompted an investor to sue the developers behind SHoP's 111 West 57th Street for failing to budget appropriately for the cost of cranes (among other things) for the super skinny tower, which is already way over budget and only approximately 25% assembled. According to Curbed NY:

One of the investors on the project is suing the developers and the lender over alleged construction cost overruns.

The lawsuit, filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court, alleges that the project is already $50 million over budget when it hasn’t even reached 20-stories yet. Eventually the building is proposed to rise to 1,421 feet with 82 stories.

SHoP Architects' "Flotsam & Jetsam" installation is world's largest 3D-printed object

2016-12-08T13:22:00-05:00

Biodegradable bamboo filament makes up the globe's largest 3D printed object, an installation for this year's Design Miami Fair designed by SHoP Architects called "Flotsam & Jetsam" that will make a subsequent appearance as a site for performances and educational programs in the Jungle Plaza in the Design District by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami in 2017.

In this Art Newspaper interview with SHoP principal Gregg Pasquarelli, he described the process behind the making of the installation. "We worked with two companies: Branch Technology based in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which produced three-dimensionally printed bamboo," he said.

"We thought that could be an nice intersection between furniture and art. ORNL actually broke the Guinness World Record for the largest solid 3D-printed structure earlier this year [when it created a tool to be used for building Boeing jets], so they are breaking their own record with this pavilion."

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