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Bjarke Ingels’ Nomad office tower reveals itself and nearly doubles in height

2018-04-03T15:52:00-04:00

Despite switching architects from Moshe Safdie to Bjarke Ingels of BIG Architects in September, HFZ Capital Group is still on track with its office tower planned for 3 West 29th Street. New renderings obtained by YIMBY reveal a much taller building than filed in September, which called for 33 or 34 stories. The designs are showing a roughly 60-story tower, officially dubbed “29th and 5th,” planned for the Nomad neighborhood, with a footprint of potentially 600,000 square feet.

According to the project materials, the building will feature a LEED-certified design with lots of communal workspaces and opportunities for “employee connectivity.” Like many modern office towers sprouting in the city, 29th and 5th will offer amenities like a fitness center and a vibrant park surrounding the building.

The glassy building, expected to reach between 800 and 850 feet tall, will have smaller 13,400 square foot floor plates. The architectural standout of the building will be its side terraces.

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REVEALED: Morris Adjmi’s Gothic-inspired condo tower coming to Nomad

2017-06-01T18:06:00-04:00

The site formerly held the ornate Romanesque Revival parish house of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, which, to the dismay of preservationists, was demolished in 2015 by Elkstein Development Group. However, Adjmi, known for his contextual sensitivity, will reference the church’s Gothic details, with six hefty columns that emphasize its 469-foot height and assume a diagrid pattern on the upper floors resembling the barrel-vaulted ceilings of a cathedral.

The latest in a slew of new residential developments in Nomad, Morris Adjmi's 30 East 31st Street will rise 40 stories and boast only 41 "ultra-luxury" condos, pointing to the fact that most units will be full-floor.

Moscow-based Meganom reveals designs for 1,001-foot skinny supertall in Nomad

2017-05-31T16:15:00-04:00

According to the architects, “The form of the skyscraper is inspired by a unique structural system that separates the building’s functioning core from its living spaces, creating expansive, unobstructed, column-free and [customizable] full-floor residences – an inventive design solution unprecedented in a New York high-rise.”

For their first U.S. project, Moscow-based architecture firm Meganom has designed a 1,001-foot-tall skinny supertall at 262 Fifth Avenue in Nomad.

When complete, the residential tower will be the tallest building between the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center, and it will boast a striking top-floor observation deck and a slew of sustainable elements.