56 Leonard Street, New York / Herzog & de Meuron
Yesterday, I was visiting the Skyscraper Museum in New York, and I saw an incredible aerial photo that shows the evolution of downtown Manhattan during the last century, from the water reclamation to the black towers to the new skyline without the twin towers. Undoubtedly, this city changes its shape very often.
And as of now, new residential buildings are bringing new forms to this skyline. First, we have OMA on the 23rd street with its structural facade and cantilevered volume, and now the 56 Leonard Street building by Herzog & de Meuron, which entered the construction phase.
This 57-story residential in the Tribeca area will house 145 residences, each one with its own unique floor plan and private outdoor space. This typology makes the building look like a stack of houses, away from the traditional skyscraper form. I wonder how the concrete structure works on this building, which was done by consultant firm WSP Cantor Seinuk (who also worked on the Freedom Tower).
With this height, it will surely impact the city skyline as you can see on the panoramic above.
The building features several interior design details done by Herzog & de Meuron, and also a sculpture comissioned to artist Anish Kapoor.
All photos Copyright Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, 2008
Location
56 Leonard Street, between Church Street and West Broadway, in the Tribeca Historic District of Manhattan, New York City (map).
Schedule
Site Preparation: Spring/Summer 2008
Construction Commences: Fall 2008
Projected Occupancy: Fall 2010
Developer/Sponsor
Alexico Group LLC, New York, NY
Principals: Izak Senbahar, Simon Elias
Client Representative: Eric Anderson
Design Architect
Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland
Partners: Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Ascan Mergenthaler
Project Architects: Vladimir Pajkic (Associate), Philip Schmerbeck , Mehmet Noyan
Project Team: Zachary Vourlas, Jason Whiteley, Daniela Zimmer, Mark Chan, Simon Filler, Sara Jacinto, Jin Tack Lim, Mark Loughnan (Associate), Jaroslav Mach, Donald Mak, Hugo Moura, Jeremy Purcell, James Richards, Heeri Song, Charles Stone (Associate)
Executive Architect
Costas Kondylis and Partners, New York, NY
Construction Management
Hunter Roberts, New York, NY
Site Area: 12,500 square feet
Building Footprint: 12,500 square feet
Building Dimensions
Width: 125 feet
Depth: 100 feet
Height: 830 feet
Gross Floor Area (GF): 425,000 square feet. plus technical, parking and structure
Floors: 57 above (+1 below)
Exterior Materials
Structure: concrete
Facade: glass, stainless steel, aluminium, concrete
Interior Materials:
Lobby: granite floors, absolute granite tile walls, concrete ceilings
Elevators: terrazzo floor, stainless steel mosaic tile walls, polished stainless steel frame
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17 Comments to “56 Leonard Street, New York / Herzog & de Meuron” »
I really like this building… nice deconstruction of a tower.
I like it. In my opinion, I think the balconies on the lower portion of the building detract from the overall look. The building goes from a regular floorplan to an irregular one quite dramatically, but the balconies hide that, and make the building look messy.
The cantilevers of the upper portion look less dramatic when the entire building has small balconies cantilevering up the whole facade.
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Paul Rudolph often incorporated design ideas of other architects into his work, and even joked about it, saying “A good idea is a good idea,” However, I find it unconscionable that Paul Rudolph is not mentioned as an insiprationl source for this new 56 Leonard Street highhrise. It’s an exciting new building and should certainly be encouraged, but it also looks like Paul Rudolph’s Graphic Arts Center project on Prozac. Is this failure to credit out of self promotion or shameful ignorance?
Wow, this is amazing. I would love to live in a building like this.
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Mr. Garrett it seems really doubtful to me that Herzog & DeMeuron have the faintest idea who Paul Rudolph was or exactly whom they are cribbing ideas from. Luckily for New York this building happens to make sense. It could just as easily have not. These days asking for knowledge of architectural history, theory, and reason is simply asking too much.
Terry Glenn Phipps
really great!, 1 is the game’s creative, is not to say when ngoa architects is the brain of science, the soul of poetry and sometimes the hands of the artist ….
really great!, 1 is the game’s creative, is not to say when said architects is the brain of science, the soul of poetry and sometimes the hands of the artist ….
@ Terry and Paul
Paul, stylistically I cna understand your reference to Rudolph, however architecturally, there’s not that much crossover as this project is in situ, not pre fabricated. Instead of the G Arts center on prozac [somehow you mean it is happier?!] I’d say this project is more like the Farnsworth house on Viagra.
Terry,
H&dM are one of the most important offices in the world, their work is undeniably thoughtful, engaging and elegantly detailed. They won the Pritzker for Pete’s sake! I’m pretty sure they know about the Dean of Yale. To say that H&dM doesn’t know or care about a pillar of late modernism is kind of like saying Carmelo Anthony never heard of Michael Jordan.
What a ridiculous statement.
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