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One57, New York

Rooms with views in one of Manhattan’s tallest residential buildings.

Location

  • New York, USA

Client

  • Extell Development Company

Architect

  • Christian de Portzamparc, SLCE Architects

Project Status

  • Completed in 2012

One 57 is one of the tallest residential buildings in New York. Located between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue, across from Carnegie Hall, the 1,005-foot-tall concrete-structured tower will include 95 luxurious condominiums and a world-class Park Hyatt hotel, which occupies the first 18 stories of the building. The hotel’s 210 guest rooms, including 92 luxury suites, are among the most spacious in New York.

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The tower’s slenderness and unique shape have been achieved by using the latest design technology and the most advanced high-performance concrete – concrete of over 12,000psi (83MPa) was specified for the shear walls and columns.

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The structural design had to accommodate the many requirements of the building users, with the best possible layouts for apartments and for the hotel, including a triple-height swimming pool at the top of the hotel.

We incorporated the latest innovations in high-rise structural engineering to successfully meet numerous challenges. Our design had to manage the requirements of the L-shaped site and the upper stories were set back in keeping with Manhattan zoning laws that limited the area of buildings at higher levels. The most advanced high-performance concrete was specified for the shear walls and columns to support the tower’s slenderness and unique shape. A liquid damping system was used to mitigate lateral movement.

Other challenges that we have overcome