One of the largest potential office buildings in New York City has long been in the works on the site of the Hotel Pennsylvania, at 401 Seventh Avenue, with renderings for a soaring supertall first released last decade [...] the latest on Vornado’s newest vision for the site, which would place Facebook within a massive 2.8-million-square-foot tower designed by Rafael Vinoly, dubbed “Penn15” in the brochure. — New York Yimby
Renderings of the 1,400-foot structure paint a new picture for Facebook's new office building plan. It's been stated that "Facebook has already publicly committed to One Madison Avenue in NoMad, so this ideation may already be moribund." Despite the recent commitment placed by Facebook, Vornado Realty Trust visualizes a new possible plan. The company toys with the idea of a new configuration for the 401 Seventh Avenue site in Midtown Manhattan. The creation of another mega skyscraper lets Vornado join the likes of Related's Hudson Yards and Brookfield's Manhattan West in new redevelopment ventures.
The new "Facebook" tower has been dubbed "Penn15". Users on Twitter have already shared their reactions to the recent announcement and name choice linking it to an all too noticeable innuendo. Renderings show emphasis on open floor plans and a large number of outdoor spaces covered in trees. "Variable stacked floorplates would be interspersed and cantilevered atop one another, with each of the tower’s five components totaling 560,000 square feet apiece."
"Penn15" are you people KIDDING me https://t.co/UKaFvq9Dpe
— Good Idea Dave (@DaveCoIon) June 5, 2019
"All of the renderings for the plan feature Facebook's logo emblazoned across either the page or the tower itself. The design of the base of the tower would be particularly elegant, featuring a terraced garden atop the first floor, and a soaring glass atrium in the middle of the structure. The combination would result in a surprisingly light impact on the pedestrian sphere for a supertall that would be both taller and visually bulkier than the Empire State Building, just a few blocks to the east." Due dates and commitments from Facebook have not been mentioned or formally announced to the public.
Almost Trumpian in its gauche vulgar literalism--a mess of ideas. Like the news feed itself, a busy but empty experience. Not surprising result of Silicon Valley / Bjarkian bro-ism and 10 years of pop architecture culture dark age.
But it has roof gardens, just like California!
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Reminds me of this one - richest dude in India's house
Almost Trumpian in its gauche vulgar literalism--a mess of ideas. Like the news feed itself, a busy but empty experience. Not surprising result of Silicon Valley / Bjarkian bro-ism and 10 years of pop architecture culture dark age.
But it has roof gardens, just like California!
The architectural hoodie with a pompous scowl is probably not the best look for Facebook right now ... with President Warren coming
NYC isn't SF - I can see this on Rincon Hill in SF, but NY?
Yay. Another fucking Vinoly layer cake.
Wow. Penn15. How predictably sophomoric.
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