Tadao Ando presents his first New York project
Light, sound, air and water: the four principle elements of the building
Tadao Ando - New York, 152 Elizabeth Street
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img.0Tadao Ando designed builnding in New York
New Yorkers will soon be able to embrace a building by the famed Japanese architect Tadao Ando upon the completion of 152 Elizabeth Street, an ‘ultra-luxury’ condominium in Manhattan’s Nolita, developed by local firm Sumida+Khurana. The seven-story structure comprised of Ando’s signature concrete contain 32,000 square feet of prime real estate. The design of each unit is approached as a custom residence, each given the utmost attention to detail and craft. The building will exhibit vast surfaces of glass along with galvanized steel, and the largest living green wall Ando has completed to date, measuring 55 feet high by 99 feet wide. The design encompasses four principle elements: light, sound, air, and water to define the internal spaces while allowing the surrounding neighborhood to give context to the building.
img.1Street entrance Image by Noë & Associates and the boundary
img.2Facade of concrete, glass and steel Image by Noë & Associates and the boundary
img.3Facade detail Image by Noë & Associates and the boundary