The 11-story development will feature approximately 37 residences of up to 5,500 square feet, focusing on expansive, gracious layouts with 11-foot ceilings, thoughtful technological integration and state-of-the-art finishes and features. Designed with multiple elevator cores, a majority of the residences will have a private vestibule and entrance that adds to the intimacy of the building. — prnewswire.com
Related Companies, New York's premier residential developer, today announced that it has commissioned world renowned Zaha Hadid Architects to design a boutique condominium adjacent to the High Line at 520 West 28th Street in Chelsea just south of Hudson Yards. The 11-story residential development will mark Hadid's first commission in New York City, leaving an indelible mark on the High Line's architecture map and continuing Related's storied history of partnering with world-class architects and designers.
"We are proud to partner with Zaha Hadid Architects and to continue Related's commitment to the very best in urban architecture," said Jeff Blau, CEO of Related Companies. "This development will be truly unique within the city's architectural offerings, and will pave the way for future architectural achievements on Manhattan's west side."
The development's bold design captures the richness of the location's vibrant and historic urban context, where a fascinating interplay between the city and the High Line has created a powerful urban dynamic among the elevated park and surrounding streetscape. The same interplay is seen within the building's design; a chevron pattern enhances the sculpted exterior, at once separating and merging the two distinct zones. The innovative concept further develops this contextual relationship, giving each residence the highest degree of originality.
"Our design is an integration of volumes that flow into each other and, following a coherent formal language, create the sensibility of the building's overall ensemble," explained Zaha Hadid, founder of London-based Zaha Hadid Architects and the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. "With an arrangement that reinvents the spatial experience, each residence will have its own distinctive identity, offering multiple perspectives and exciting views of the neighborhood."
Zaha Hadid, founder of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), is known internationally for her built, theoretical and academic work. Each of her projects builds on over thirty years of exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design. ZHA's interest lies in the interface between architecture and its context as the practice integrates natural topography and human-made systems, leading to experimentation with new technologies. Such a process often results in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms.
The firm's previous work at The MAXXI: National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome, Italy and the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games demonstrate ZHA's exploration of fluid space. Previous seminal buildings such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati and the Guangzhou Opera House in China have also been hailed as architecture that transforms our ideas of the future with new spatial concepts and visionary forms.
The 11-story development will feature approximately 37 residences of up to 5,500 square feet, focusing on expansive, gracious layouts with 11-foot ceilings, thoughtful technological integration and state-of-the-art finishes and features. Designed with multiple elevator cores, a majority of the residences will have a private vestibule and entrance that adds to the intimacy of the building.
Residents of 520 West 28th Street can enjoy the High Line while maintaining privacy and exclusivity. The double-height entrance lobby offers glimpses beyond to the residents' communal spaces and an outdoor garden. The generous terraces and courtyard further enhance the residential experience and a substantial roof terrace, indoor pool and spa, entertainment space and playrooms give even greater opportunities to relax and entertain. These offerings will be part of a rich services and amenities program befitting the discerning luxury buyer to which the property will appeal.
In addition to the enchanting High Line park adjacent to the building, the property will benefit from exciting nearby additions, including Avenues: The World School, and numerous hot new restaurants. The site will also hold an important place within Related's footprint in this valuable neighborhood – the company is soon launching a new luxury rental property at 30th Street and 10th Avenue as well as the much anticipated Hudson Yards project. This dramatic 26-acre mixed-use development two blocks to the north will include residential, office, retail, parks, open space, culture and entertainment. The first tower, the South Tower, will open in 2015.
As the nation's preeminent developer of luxury residential properties for more than a quarter century, Related pioneered the concept of commissioning celebrated architects to design residential properties by selecting Robert A.M. Stern to plan his firm's first luxury condominium, The Chatham. Over the past decade, Related has continued its commitment to world class architecture and design collaborating with distinguished architects and designers, including Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Frank Gehry, Yabu Pushelberg, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, David Rockwell, Marmol Radziner, Adam Tihany and Clodagh. Related's luxury portfolio has produced stunning and innovative buildings nationwide, redefining sophisticated urban living and placing Related at the vanguard of new urbanism. At Time Warner Center's One Central Park and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Related trademarked Five Star Living®: world-class location, breathtaking views, inspired architecture and design, unrivaled amenities and superior services.
Related is currently developing several notable residential projects in New York City including: 205 East 92nd Street in collaboration with Handel Architects; 456 Washington Street in collaboration with BKSK Architects; 480 Main Street in collaboration with Handel Architects; 500 West 30th Street in collaboration with Robert A.M. Stern Architects; 555 West 30th Street in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group; Hunter's Point South in collaboration with SHoP Architects; and One Madison. Related is also developing Ocean Avenue South in Santa Monica in collaboration with Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, Clodagh and Marmol Radziner in Santa Monica; Parcel M in collaboration with Arquitectonica in downtown Los Angeles; 111 West Wacker Drive in Chicago in collaboration with Handel Architects; and 100 Arlington in Boston in collaboration with Elkus Manfredi Architects.
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eric mendelson, eat your heart out.
what a boring looking thing
(yawn)...
^ the boring peanut gallery can't resist.
mendelson's tower was brick and stucco - completely different typology with arches...
oh the dum-dums
Maybe they should start their own website showcasing dum-dum architecture
LOL!
Perfect. Exactly what the world's most prominent and outspoken female architect should be doing. Name-brand high-end apartments for the NY elite.
eh, go start a homeless shelter bro.
Nothing remotely interesting about this at all. How can u defend this doo doo.
Yuppy shit building.
from this single view i can't tell that it is or isn't a brilliant response to the problem zha was given. can you guys?!
it's a nice enough rendering, with now-familiar sectional continuity that familiar published architects get to do but which i could hardly show a client with a straight face.
if it came from someone other than zha, how would people react? is it so different from projects by denari or p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s that get celebrated?
honestly, i don't know. it appears that there are other things happening on the far right that signal more complexity than this sleek/simple view shows. what are you guys seeing that causes your knee-jerk dismissal?
The building resembles a student project from CCA (2007): http://www.cca.edu/academics/gallery/aheard
"^ the boring peanut gallery can't resist.
mendelson's tower was brick and stucco - completely different typology with arches..."
Typology isn't how a building is built, it's the type of building. 101
I think this looks pretty cool, just a little curvy and not too much jutting. I hope the black - metal panels? concrete? - is very smoothly detailed and will hold up long-term against water causing surface streaking.
from this single view i can't tell that it is or isn't a brilliant response to the problem zha was given. can you guys?!
5000 ft2 apartments for millionares? Not a very challenging program.
Steven, I think you have stumbled on the answer (as to why people are hating on this) -
"it's a nice enough rendering, with now-familiar sectional continuity that familiar published architects get to do but which i could hardly show a client with a straight face."
At the end it all boils down to sour grapes. We, who have been in architecture for a while know that with the right client and profile, everything is possible, and that is a lesson lots of people need to learn.
Just what the High Line needs . . . More "Rear Window" porn. What can I say; Zaha's first building in NYC would of course be a condominium.
MAXXI pads?
Perfect, fku2!! Absolutely perfect. I can't ever think of that Italian museum project without thinking of maxi pads, but you've worked the pun perfectly. Love it.
" "^ the boring peanut gallery can't resist. mendelson's tower was brick and stucco - completely different typology with arches..." Typology isn't how a building is built, it's the type of building. 101"------ Pretty obvious I was saying building methods AND type. When one worships the bygone though, they can easily confuse Mendelson and ZH. My other point is the posters to bicker against these types of projects are usually the lamest, probably just brokeasses too lol!
"Pretty obvious I was saying building methods AND type." So Meldelson was building 5000 ft2 apartments for millionares? You never stop giving!
even if you really really like this particular zaha project - the Mendelsohn joke is perfectly hilarious and apropos. trying to dis such a good joke really deserves a facepalm post.
trying to discount such an excellent joke in terms of either typology or materials, thats just stupid - neither of those issues addresses what the two projects have in common (ie the root of what's funny about the joke).
and are you sure there's not an observatory on top of zaha's condo?
bricks - yummy. (Thanks Mr. Walker)
LEAVE ZAHA
ALONE!!
LEAVE ZAHA ALONE!!
Mendelsohn?? Doesn't anyone here know more than his misnamed Einstein Tower. The Mendelsohn comparison are more likely the horizontal facade re-modelings Mendelsohn designed for the Schocken department store chain. Mendelsohn designed an apartment in the 50s.
my two cents
Hadid's egotism is disgusting! Nothing socially conscious about anything she does!
Why do architects have to be socially conscious? I know it would be nice but while most people here love it, it's still a way to make a living. If you can do some good, all the better, but if some developer want's you to design a flashy condo, why is that some big eff'n deal? As for her ego, that's just human. Not always attractive, but not to be unexpected.
@ eric,
The design reminded me of Mendelsohn's WWI sketches done while he sat in the trenches fighting the French I presume. Those are still some of my favorite sketches of any architect. And while gigantesque and probably somewhat dehumanizing, if done on a smaller scale, they could produce some striking buildings. This design has some of that feel, all though not as artisticly done, at least not another jagged object. (IMHO)
"even if you really really like this particular zaha project - the Mendelsohn joke is perfectly hilarious and apropos. trying to dis such a good joke really deserves a facepalm post. trying to discount such an excellent joke in terms of either typology or materials, thats just stupid - neither of those issues addresses what the two projects have in common" Like what's curves? Mendelsohn is a dumb weak analogy, not much of a joke...might as well pull out Gaudi or whatever superficial image comes to mind...
I liked it. The inherent architecture of Zaha Hadid plastic
actually, bringing up Mendelsohn's sketches and his department stores places him as a direct forerunner of Hadid. which is unfortunate because it eviscerates all the jokeyness of Thayer's post, which I enjoyed. Now its a concrete observation further supported by eric's contribution and we all have to talk about actual content. fuck.
the moma tells us the tower is a direct outgrowth of the sketches.
in 1969 our narrator tells us that all Mendelsohn's predictions have come true. Little did they know.
like what? curves? pretty funny if you don't look too hard.
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