Excavation has begun at 126 East 57th Street, site of a 28-story residential tower on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture and developed by MRR Development, the 346-foot-tall structure will yield 208,000 square feet with 147 condominium units spread across 170,000 square feet, as well as lower-level commercial space. WSP USA is the engineer, Urban Atelier Group is the construction manager, and Plaza Buildings is the general contractor of the property, which is located at the corner of East 57th Street and Lexington Avenue.
The rendering above was seen on Plaza Construction’s LinkedIn page showing a north-facing perspective of the reinforced concrete superstructure. There is a cubic architectural language with a number of scattered open-air terraces that rest among many stepped setbacks and voids that are mostly concentrated on the lower half of the tower. Large trees and overhanging shrubbery drape in front of the concrete and glass exterior and can also be seen atop the flat roof parapet where the outdoor swimming pool will be. The last seven levels have pocketed corner terraces with glass railings. We can also see 432 Park Avenue in the background with its similar use of a rigid grid of square windows and architecturally finished concrete columns and walls.
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