Condos Break Glass to Try Classic Style
The owners of a 1925 building on upper Fifth Avenue are finishing a gut renovation while preserving the brick and limestone facade, the latest example of a developer trying to attract wealthy buyers with the allure of early 20th-century architecture.
Date 2011-04-23
Author Craig Karmin
Pyramid Tower To Rise On Manhattan's West Side
It’s now an empty lot, but big plans are in the works to turn a stretch of West 57th Street into an eye-popping, ultra modern tower. "The design of the building is really quite interesting. It is a 600 and some odd unit residential rental in the shape of a pyramid with a sloping roof," explains Durst Fetner Residential C.E.O. Hal Fetner.
Date 2011-02-17
Author Jill Urban
Durst Opens New Era with BIG Apartment Pyramid
Back when we first got a glimpse of Dutch architect Bjarke Ingel's new apartment project for Durst Fetner, it immediately became the most exciting new project in at least a generation. Though seen only in comic-book form and as a fleeting still from a flythrough video (see below), the building at 57th Street and the Hudson River became an immediate sensation.
Date 2011-02-08
Author Matt Chaban
Pyramid Scheme: Bjarke Ingels reinvents the New York apartment building
Architects mature slowly; prodigies are rare. Yet at an age when most of his peers are still sitting in cubicles, laboring over light fixtures and door handles, Bjarke Ingels, a photogenic 36-year-old Dane with offices on two continents and projects on three, is about to revamp one of New York’s basic units: the apartment building.
Date 2011-02-06
Author Justin Davidson
Restaurant Taps Durst Tower for Two-Story Spot
156 West 44th Street; The lack of decent pub fare in or near Hell's Kitchen is a tragedy worthy of a weepy Irish ballad. Now, at least, a new high-end watering hole is coming to the neighborhood. O'Donoghue's Restaurant and Pub is opening at Seventh Avenue and 44th Street. The space features 1,850 square feet on the ground level, along with a 1,000-square-foot basement.
Date 2011-01-18
Author Laura Kusisto