2024-04-27T23:39:42-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150011464/watch-this-time-lapse-construction-video-of-herzog-de-meuron-s-jenga-like-56-leonard-in-nyc Julia Ingalls 2017-06-08T12:43:00-04:00 >2019-11-07T14:40:47-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fq/fqmpyyw5ubczpo1m.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>With a series of jutting balconies and abrupt offsets, the Herzog + De Meuron-designed 56 Leonard, described by the architects as "houses stacked in the sky,"&nbsp;is one of the more aesthetically adventuresome luxury condo towers to rise in New York City. This time-lapse video, replete with what the developers apparently feel is an inspiring musical soundtrack, shows the construction of the Jenga-like building over a period of a little under two years, from&nbsp;March 2014 to December 2016:</p>