NEW YORK | 432 Park Avenue (Drake Hotel dev.) | (1,396) FT / 432 M | 89 FLOORS

[plinko]

So we have a site plan showing a parapet height of 1,398' and a building application showing 440 Park Avenue as the address...why hasn't the thread title changed if this has been moved officially to 'construction'?

[NYguy]

^ Title hasn't changed yet because it's still being called 432 Park Ave (which isn't a reference to the address), and we've changed it a few times already. It could simply be 1,398 ft, which is the height to the top of the parapet at this point, we'll know for sure when official heights are released.


(Older site shot from newdasilva@flickr.com )

Originally Posted by NYC GUY

^^^
93' by 93' that's well ............thin. For a building I guess.

Superthin, supertall...

[JACKinBeantown]

Anybody know how deep the pilings go?

[Ed007Toronto]

Looking forward to this one rising.

[meh_cd]

Originally Posted by JACKinNYC

Anybody know how deep the pilings go?

I hope they go deep into the bedrock for this thing. In the back of my mind I know the engineers know what they are doing, but geez is the building ever thin. At least it'll have a mass dampener.

[NYguy]

(May 17, 2012)



www.432park.com

[CarlosV]

^^^
very exciting i will try and snap there soon

[NewYorkDominates]

Originally Posted by CarlosV

^^^
very exciting i will try and snap there soon

Thinking about it,you're going to have the best view of Park 432 rising.Can't believe you're capturing the greatest moment in New York City for Skyscrapers.

[scalziand]

Originally Posted by meh_cd

I hope they go deep into the bedrock for this thing. In the back of my mind I know the engineers know what they are doing, but geez is the building ever thin. At least it'll have a mass dampener.

See those long tendons on the ramp? Those are grouted into the bedrock, socketing the building down, kind of like mini-piles.

[sw5710]

1,398' is the final#

[hunser]

Originally Posted by sw5710

1,398' is the final#

How come? If you mean the DOB filings, they are not final, and more important not official.

[SonnyinMiami]

I don't see this building fairing too well against The Cloverfield Monster ..., http://www.cloverfield.wikia.com/

[jd3189]

So I guess we're just getting starting with this baby. New York is getting back into the competition it started 100 years ago.

[kenratboy]

I really want to see some floor plans for this one (a few floors up). There must be some clever space-saving stuff in this one!

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by kenratboy

I really want to see some floor plans for this one (a few floors up). There must be some clever space-saving stuff in this one!

There are a couple on page 76.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/re...o-the-top.html
How’s the Weather Down There?

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
May 17, 2012

...New York, it seems, is entering a tall-buildings arms race. By 2016, New York could have 6 of the 10 tallest buildings in the country (with Chicago having the other 4), and 3 of the highest residential structures, according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago.

Following New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce Street and the mammoth One57 at 157 West 57th Street, even taller residential towers are in the works, including 432 Park Avenue on the site of the former Drake Hotel, and the GiraSole, proposed for 11th Avenue on the Far West Side. Both of those buildings would be taller than One57, which will be Manhattan’s tallest residential building, at 1,004 feet, when it is completed next year. And 432 Park Avenue, a condo structure scheduled to be finished in 2016, would be 1,398 feet, surpassing One57 and second in height only to One World Trade Center, an office complex, the Council on Tall Buildings said.

Everyone has commented on how thin this building will be, and it's pretty thin. Without any proper renderings, the only other tower I could think of to compare it to is the 7 South Dearborn proposal, both for it's size and segments. Below is just an idea of the tower with the segments more visible. At the top of each segment will be an open air terrace for residents.






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[Zapatan]

That article forgot to mention the two hudson yards towers, I think the smaller one will star construction soon...

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Zapatan

That article forgot to mention the two hudson yards towers, I think the smaller one will star construction soon...

even taller residential towers are in the works, including 432 Park Avenue on the site of the former Drake Hotel, and the GiraSole, proposed for 11th Avenue on the Far West Side.

Girasole is more mixed-use, not really meeting the definition of residential because of the percentage. I'm not sure of the exact percentage of this one.

[hunser]

CTBUH updated the tower's status to under construction!

Figures
Height: Architectural 426.1 meter / 1398 feet
Height: Occupied 396.9 meter / 1302 feet
Height: To Tip 426.1 meter / 1398 feet
Floors Above Ground 89
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Apartments 128

Facts
Official Name 432 Park Avenue
Type building
Status Under Construction
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Street Address 432 Park Avenue
Building Function residential
Proposed 2011
Start of Construction 2012
Completion 2016

Companies Involved
Owners CIM/56th Street NY;
McGraw Hudson Construction Corporation
Developers CIM Group;
McGraw Hudson Construction Corporation
Design Architects Rafael Vinoly Architects;
SLCE Architects
Structural Engineer WSP Cantor Seinuk
MEP Engineer WSP Flack + Kurtz
Main Contractor McGraw Hudson Construction Corporation

[JACKinBeantown]

Originally Posted by NYguy

This shows how 7 South Dearborn was designed to blow in the wind.

[MolsonExport]

Thank god for some tall thin towers. elegant beauties > hulking beasts.