The structure is marked by a terraced corner window configuration that steps in and out from the tower’s waist to create dramatic views and dynamic corner offices overlooking the High Line for the tower’s occupants. This so-called “Solar Carve,” according to the architects, “explores how shaping architecture in response to solar access and other site-specific criteria can expand its potential to have a positive impact on its environment.”

The dramatic corner is shaped in response to the high and low angles the sun takes, both in the morning and afternoon, as it crosses the site. This configuration allows for those rays to reach a planted, west-facing terrace located at the base of the building, enlivening a corner of the site that would otherwise go unadorned. The curtain wall that makes up the corner is composed of a series of diamond-shaped panels that tilt downward, with each central panel surrounded by four triangular glass panels that are positioned perpendicular to the slab. The arrangement allows the unconventional curtainwall design to feature standard “stack joints” that lend the wall structural stability and rigidity while also producing the building’s signature architectural element.