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David Chipperfield To Design Long-Stalled Bryant Park Condos



Friday, April 3, 2015
Hana R. Alberts

Considering that plans for a tower housing both condos and a hotel on 40th Street across from Bryant Park have been in the works since, oh, 2008, it's nice to get a concrete sign that the thing is actually happening. The teaser site for The Bryant went live yesterday evening, revealing a) the project's name, b) its new architect, and c) pricing information. The name isn't as much of a surprise, given that folks have been touting the site at 12-20 West 40th Street as the last developable parcel facing Bryant Park since the beginning, so of course developer HFZ Capital would want to play it up.

The architect, though—Stonehill & Taylor is listed on the permits, and that firm is responsible for renderings that surfaced in November. But the teaser site touts accomplished British architect David Chipperfield as the man behind the facade. Yes, the one responsible for the Met's next renovation and other high-profile projects worldwide. This 32-story structure, with a boutique hotel on the first 14 floors and 57 apartments on the floors above, marks his first residential commission in the U.S. Sales are slated to launch this summer.



The teaser site's ability to sign up for information gives a hint at how pricey these apartments will be. The lowest range given for these one- the four-bedroom apartments is $2 million, and the highest is $10 million-plus.



And now for some history. Before all of this back-and-forth about a condo-hotel, the site was a parking lot. (Currently, though, it's shrouded in blue plywood fencing behind which excavation work is ongoing.)

Here are some old—and now nixed—renderings for the site, though to be honest it looks like the design hasn't changed that much in seven years. Perhaps in part to detach The Bryant from its many stalled predecessors, HFZ is using 16 West 40th Street as its address, rather than 20 West 40th Street, which has been the norm over the course of the building's stilted development.

When a rendering finally got posted on the construction site in the fall of 2014, it was so vague that it earned the title of "most boring rendering ever."

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Originally Posted by sparkling

David Chipperfield To Design Long-Stalled Bryant Park Condos

this is just a big MEH for me . but that building to the right of it? now that's beautiful architecture .

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Indeed, there are some gorgeous buildings in the area. But the Radiator Building is my favorite, there is something truly special about black gothic art deco facades, simply outstanding!

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The kids are fighting

Developers look to bust Bryant Park Hotel ‘imitator’

Lois Weiss
April 16, 2015

City developers are duking it out over the name “Bryant.”

Developers Phil Pilevsky, Raymond Gindi and Joseph Chehebar, who own The Bryant Park Hotel, on Thursday sued Ziel Feldman’s HFZ Capital over its plans to open a hotel and residences called “The Bryant” just steps away.

HFZ Capital should be stopped from using the Bryant name, the suit claims. It also seeks damages of more than $50 million.

To make matters stickier, Feldman and Pilevsky are partners in Miami’s trendy Shore Club. One of its towers was designed by David Chipperfield, who also designed the interior of The Bryant Park Hotel.

Feldman also hired Chipperfield for his project at 16 W. 40th St.

The Bryant Park Hotel owners, who also own the trademark for “The Bryant Park,” are weighing offering condos for sale using their trademarks, the lawsuit reveals. It does not specify a location for the possible condos.

When The Bryant Park Hotel opened in early 2001 at 40 W. 40th St. — in the landmarked black-and-gold tower designed by Raymond Hood — it was a pioneering location for a hotel. After 9/11, the hotel housed refugees from the World Trade Center attack without charge at a time when tourists avoided the city.

Bryant Park, sitting behind the New York Public Library, had once been favored by the homeless and junkies but for decades now is a favorite spot for a tamer crowd of city denizens and area workers.

The parties either declined comment or did not return calls for comment.

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Loggia-Crowned Condominium Finally Rises Next to Bryant Park

AUGUST 27, 2015
ONDEL HYLTON

Bryant Park is one of the city’s most cherished spaces, providing a much-needed oasis from the stone and glass canyons of Midtown. But debuting in 2017, a mixed-use tower will grant home buyers their first opportunity to purchase condos directly alongside the ten-acre respite.

Simply named the Bryant, the 200,000-square-foot building at 16 West 40th Street will house 57 condo units perched 200 feet above a five-star boutique hotel within the tower’s lower levels. The 32-story, 361-foot-high building is being developed by the very-active HFZ Capital, led by Ziel Friedman, and is designed by renowned British architect David Chipperfield, with Stonehill & Taylor serving as the architects of record.

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The real takeaway from that rendering is the cluster forming around Madison Square Park and Thor Equities condo tower on 5th.

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Originally Posted by yankeesfan1000

The real takeaway from that rendering is the cluster forming around Madison Square Park and Thor Equities condo tower on 5th.

There's also the rumored Norman Foster tower on the other side of the park (it's mentioned in the above article, as well as in previous NY Times and NY Post articles).

That site has lots of air rights, so I would guess something very tall and thin will rise.

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Also since the towers name is "Bryant"

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Originally Posted by Crawford

There's also the rumored Norman Foster tower on the other side of the park (it's mentioned in the above article, as well as in previous NY Times and NY Post articles).

That site has lots of air rights, so I would guess something very tall and thin will rise.

NYC needs more Norman Foster, especially after being replaced at 2 WTC. He deserves a 1000+ footer to make up for that loss.

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Originally Posted by CityGuy87

NYC needs more Norman Foster, especially after being replaced at 2 WTC. He deserves a 1000+ footer to make up for that loss.

Normal Foster builds boxes, NY has too many boxes. It's time for more interesting architects who aren't building boxes.

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Originally Posted by aquablue

Normal Foster builds boxes, NY has too many boxes. It's time for more interesting architects who aren't building boxes.

I wouldn't call 425 Park or Hearst boring boxes and definitely not his now-cancelled design for 2 WTC. The only box tower that Norman Foster has in the city is the one going up on Lexington Avenue.

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According to the article, it will be 33 floors rather than 32

On Bryant Park, David Chipperfield’s First New York Building

TIM McKEOUGH
SEPT. 18, 2015

The roster of high-profile international architects making their mark on New York City’s skyline continues to grow, and the latest to join the club is the British architect David Chipperfield.

His first ground-up building in the city is under construction at 16 West 40th Street, across from Bryant Park and the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

In contrast to other big-name architects who wow with audacious forms and breathtaking structural feats, Mr. Chipperfield is best known for buildings with a pared-down aesthetic purity. Among his many projects are the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin; the expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis; and the Museo Jumex in Mexico City. Last year, he completed work on Valentino’s Fifth Avenue flagship store. This past March, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it had selected him to redesign its modern and contemporary art wing.

With the design of the Bryant, his 33-story mixed-use tower for the HFZ Capital Group, the developer, there is no twisting curvaceous form, sky-piercing needle or daring cantilever. Instead, sober grids of structural members and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors and windows form the building’s sensible exterior.

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Why did they need David Chipperfield to design that? They could have paid me $3.99 for the same result.

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One could make the same argument about 432 Park and not needing Rafael Viñoly, as that is effectively a simple concrete grid with windows punched out. But it's the execution of these simple forms that makes all the difference. What Chipperfield brought to this design was a simple, functional aspect - the operable sliding glass doors - that in the hands of a lesser-skilled architect would likely cheapen the aesthetic simplicity of the design.

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