NEW YORK | 53W53 (Tower Verre) | 1,050 FT / 320 M | 73 FLOORS - Page 133

chris08876 · #**2641** Posted **May 9, 2016, 10:33 PM**

Its coming!

Credit: FC

mrnyc · #**2642** Posted **May 10, 2016, 5:41 PM**

TonyNYC · #**2643** Posted **May 11, 2016, 3:44 PM**

Today's Wall St Journal Article... Look's like the Boom in the High end Condo market is coming to end here! It was incredible while it lasted.. 432 Park, 520 Park, 157 W 57, 220CPS, Nordstroms n Moma Towers..

I guess the big projects going forward after this historic time here in NYC will be commercial buildings.

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Luxury Condo Boom Is Ending in Manhattan

NYguy · #**2644** Posted **May 12, 2016, 2:02 AM**

We've discussed it over in the Nordstrom thread, so I won't go into it here, but we do need to post the link to that article.

NYguy · #**2645** Posted **May 18, 2016, 5:07 AM**

http://urbanismvsmodernism.blogspot.com/

BRANDON NAGLE

punchydj · #**2646** Posted **May 24, 2016, 1:40 PM**

Hi guys!

There is the progress during the month of April.

• Video Link

Thank you!!!

mrnyc · #**2647** Posted **May 25, 2016, 1:47 AM**

verry good - ye verrily we have verrified its on the rise

NYguy · #**2648** Posted **May 25, 2016, 4:32 AM**

MAY 24, 2016

WIGGLEWORTH · #**2649** Posted **May 25, 2016, 7:38 AM**

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Originally Posted by NYguy

MAY 24, 2016

Really gaining some size!

NYguy · #**2650** Posted **May 31, 2016, 12:55 AM**

http://www.imgrum.net/media/12530227...400_1173957293

colemonkee · #**2651** Posted **May 31, 2016, 9:25 PM**

Oh wow, had no idea they would transition to steel, but it makes sense. Should start rising a lot faster now.

chris08876 · #**2652** Posted **Jun 1, 2016, 12:14 AM**

This looks like it's speeding up.

Its been a long time coming. Many years, literally!

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Looks like it popped out of nowhere.

tokilamockingbrd · #**2653** Posted **Jun 1, 2016, 1:06 AM**

due to its unique design I feel this one is going to crawl up the whole way.

NYguy · #**2654** Posted **Jun 1, 2016, 4:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by tokilamockingbrd

due to its unique design I feel this one is going to crawl up the whole way.

They said it would be slow going, but I've already seen more than I thought I would.

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http://cdn.wspgroup.com/pghzjh/skylines.pdf

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......The other unusual feature of 53W53’s diagrid is what it is made of. Nouvel’s original design was intended to be built in steel. But the floor-to-floor heights of a steel structure would have limited the number of storeys too much, so WSP | Parsons Brinckerhof investigated how to create the same aesthetic in concrete instead – “the first time that a diagrid structure of this magnitude and complexity has been done in concrete,” notes Oliveira.

Aside from the complex structural gymnastics, the team also spent considerable time evaluating how 53W53 could actually be delivered. Because of its complexity, construction will take more than five years, around double the programme for a more conventional design. One of the biggest challenges was designing the nodes where different structural components would join. Reinforcement for perhaps seven or eight elements had to fit into the same node, and then the concrete had to be able to flow freely to enclose it and produce a sound structure.

Oliveira’s team worked closely not only with the architect but the construction team, which included commissioning a mock-up of the rebar. “Rather than just coming up with solutions that looked good on paper, we assessed the constructability of the job too. That’s not normally part of the engineer’s role but this is such a unique building, it needed a unique approach.”

chris08876 · #**2655** Posted **Jun 2, 2016, 11:03 PM**

Credit: Walpole

NYguy · #**2656** Posted **Jun 7, 2016, 3:24 PM**

JUNE 6, 2016

chris08876 · #**2657** Posted **Jun 9, 2016, 11:43 PM**

Manhattan (development rendering) by Cameron Rabbit, on Flickr

hunser · #**2658** Posted **Jun 13, 2016, 3:47 PM**

New York YIMBY: http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/06/53w...t-midtown.html

All photos by Tectonic:

hotwheels · #**2659** Posted **Jun 17, 2016, 8:55 PM**

53W53 Rising in Midtown Manhattan

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Developed by Hines, and designed via a collaboration of Jean Nouvel Design and SLCE Architects, the tower is directly adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and will feature additional gallery space on the second, fourth, and fifth floors, with residents given special MoMA privileges as part of the perks associated with this development.

ILNY · #**2660** Posted **Jun 20, 2016, 5:04 AM**