Archetype of Endless Possibilities
“This is what would happen if you brought Michelangelo back to life today and commissioned a skyscraper from him.” These enthusiastic words refer to the super-tall tower, on which design is currently working architect Mark Foster Gage. Magnificent building of colossal height not simply will take its place on New York City skyline, but also will make its essential contribution to the aesthetic image of the city.
New attraction of Manhattan, at its very heart can become a 102-story residential building to be built on 41 West 57th Street. With sweeping views of central park and the New York City skyline each unit has its own unique figurally carved façade and balconies that frame particular features of the surrounding urban and natural landscapes. The building is draped in a façade of limestone-tinted Taktl©concrete panels with hydroformed sheet-bronze details and brass-tinted alloy structural extrusion enclosures. The 64th floor features a sky-lobby with exclusive retail stores, a 2-story high ball-room for events, and a 4-star restaurant all of which have access to four massive cantilevered balconies that offer an aweinspiring event and dining experience unique to the city of New York. This luxurious, striking the imagination building may be called an example to empower the design of skyscrapers.
Gage said: “I think that many of the supertall buildings being built in New York City are virtually free of architectural design – they are just tall boxes covered in selected glass curtain wall products. That is not design. Design is thinking of a great many things like how a building appears from different distances, or in this case, how to make each floor unique to the owner. In our office discussions we thought that such a significant luxury building deserved more than just being yet another glass or steel modernist box.” According the architect, those are 20th century ideas, and while they have served architecture well, our cities citizens, and the residents of such buildings, yearn for and deserve more.
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