Multifamily Design Innovations: New Facade Design  

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200 Eleventh Avenue The height of Convenience: You can park your car right outside your apartment door in an Annabelle Selldorf–designed, 19-story tower Suzanne Stephens http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7303-eleventh-avenue 100 Eleventh Avenue A 23-story, 130,000-square-foot condominium tower on the Hudson River, next to Frank Gehry's IAC building http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7302-11th-avenue Metal Shutter Houses A Shut-and-Open Case: Shigeru Ban transports his unique Japanese sensibility to a Chelsea condominium with High Line views http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7309-metal-shutter-houses Naomi R. Pollock, AIA HL23 A 14-story, 39,200-square-foot condominium tower that extends above the High Line, an elevated public park built on a derelict railroad track that runs along Manhattan's West Side http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7307-hl23 Chelsea Modern A 12-story, 80,000-square-foot residential tower in Chelsea, with 47 units, a communal garden on the ground level, and a communal roof terrace http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7306-chelsea-modern 8 Spruce Street Making Waves in the Skyline: Frank Gehry drapes his first skyscraper in rippling stainless steel, bringing luxury living to lower Manhattan http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7304-spruce-street Laura Raskin The Domench A seven-story, 63,000-square-foot apartment building in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7311-the-domenech Nehemiah Spring Creek Housing An affordable housing development with two-, three-, and four-story town houses (1,600, 2,400, and 3,200 square feet, respectively) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7310-nehemiah-spring-creek-housing First Look Absolute City Centre Residents begin to move into the first of MAD's two convention-busting apartment towers near Toronto http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7305-first-look-absolute-city-centre Joann Gonchar, AIA Mercedes House A 31-story, 1.3-million-square-foot, mixed-use development spanning more than half a city block between th]]> and th]]> avenues in Midtown Manhattan http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7308-mercedes-house
200 Eleventh Avenue The height of Convenience: You can park your car right outside your apartment door in an Annabelle Selldorf–designed, 19-story tower Suzanne Stephens http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7303-eleventh-avenue 100 Eleventh Avenue A 23-story, 130,000-square-foot condominium tower on the Hudson River, next to Frank Gehry's IAC building http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7302-11th-avenue Metal Shutter Houses A Shut-and-Open Case: Shigeru Ban transports his unique Japanese sensibility to a Chelsea condominium with High Line views http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7309-metal-shutter-houses Naomi R. Pollock, AIA HL23 A 14-story, 39,200-square-foot condominium tower that extends above the High Line, an elevated public park built on a derelict railroad track that runs along Manhattan's West Side http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7307-hl23 Chelsea Modern A 12-story, 80,000-square-foot residential tower in Chelsea, with 47 units, a communal garden on the ground level, and a communal roof terrace http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7306-chelsea-modern 8 Spruce Street Making Waves in the Skyline: Frank Gehry drapes his first skyscraper in rippling stainless steel, bringing luxury living to lower Manhattan http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7304-spruce-street Laura Raskin The Domench A seven-story, 63,000-square-foot apartment building in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7311-the-domenech Nehemiah Spring Creek Housing An affordable housing development with two-, three-, and four-story town houses (1,600, 2,400, and 3,200 square feet, respectively) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7310-nehemiah-spring-creek-housing First Look Absolute City Centre Residents begin to move into the first of MAD's two convention-busting apartment towers near Toronto http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7305-first-look-absolute-city-centre Joann Gonchar, AIA Mercedes House A 31-story, 1.3-million-square-foot, mixed-use development spanning more than half a city block between th]]> and th]]> avenues in Midtown Manhattan http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7308-mercedes-house

Originally published in Security

Originally published in March 2017

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • List the structural implications of nonconventional geometries for high-rise buildings.
  • Identify a wide range of new facade design approaches being used in multifamily housing.
  • Describe the advantages and the limitations of modular construction for low-rise multifamily housing.
  • Discuss how one resident’s green roof can be another resident’s terrace in multifamily housing.
  • Explain how you can live in a high-rise and still have your car right outside your door.