Replacing (and recycling some of) SOM’s 1960 Union Carbide tower, the new all-electric skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan is the sixth tallest in New York at nearly 1,400 feet.
Employing membrane-assisted radiant cooling, the scalable structure, developed by a team that included Henning Larsen and researchers from U Penn, will remain on view until the end of this month.
Seeking to avoid a gut renovation, the 2009 Design Vanguard preserves period touches while updating a stately 1892 structure under a breakneck timeframe.
Designed by Susan T Rodriguez, the project features a landscape-camouflaged amenity building and a vast public pool that converts into an ice rink in the winter.
Heneghan Peng, WXY, Reed Hilderbrand, and Gustafson Porter + Bowman collaborated on the $53 million project at the open-air museum in New York's Hudson Valley.
‘The Modern Concrete Skyscraper’ highlights key buildings such as Chicago’s Marina Towers, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and 1903’s Ingalls Building in Cincinnati.