NEW YORK | 520 5th Ave | 1,000 FT | 76 FLOORS - Page 31

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ChiND · #**604** Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 9:55 AM**

This is a gorgeous tower. I hope that this building and Extell’s 570 Fifth precipitate more development in the 40s of sites with obsolete office towers like 530 Fifth, 531 Fifth, 555 Fifth, and 579 Fifth.

mrnyc · #**605** Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 10:35 AM**

it’s looking more handsome by the day isn’t it?

i am loving this new era of ceramic cladding.

ChiND · #**606** Posted **Jan 28, 2024, 11:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by mrnyc

it’s looking more handsome by the day isn’t it?

i am loving this new era of ceramic cladding.

I agree.

NYguy · #**607** Posted **Jan 29, 2024, 4:37 AM**

So glad we are seeing less and less "blue glass" buildings. A lot of good stuff, and more on the way.

TonyL · #**608** Posted **Jan 29, 2024, 2:42 PM**

How can a tower that's almost 400 feet shorter have roughly 20 more floors?

BuildThemTaller · #**609** Posted **Jan 29, 2024, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by TonyL

How can a tower that's almost 400 feet shorter have roughly 20 more floors?

Ceiling heights/mechanical floors

NYguy · #**610** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by TonyL

How can a tower that's almost 400 feet shorter have roughly 20 more floors?

Easy. Different floor heights. It's not the floor that determines the height, but the height of each floor.

NewYorkCity76 · #**611** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 3:07 AM**

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/01/29/su...manhattan-kpf/

NYguy · #**612** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by NewYorkCity76

https://www.dezeen.com/2024/01/29/su...manhattan-kpf/

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Kohn Pedersen Fox's (KPF) design was informed by the architectural language of surrounding buildings, as well as the speculative architectural drawings of architect Hugh Ferriss.

"Our design for the 520 Fifth Avenue tower combines the setbacks of Hugh Ferris' 1920's New York with arches arranged in modular bundles – rising to 1,000 feet," KPF president James von Klemperer told Dezeen.

"The architectural expression of stepping volumes echoes the setbacks of midtown towers, while the delicately articulated exterior wall details are inspired by the facade of The Century Association adjacent to our site."

Love it.

The detailing makes it extra special...

ChiND · #**613** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 4:02 AM**

I think that this looks much nicer than Extell’s proposals for 570 Fifth. This tower is stunning.

NYguy · #**614** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 4:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by ChiND

I think that this looks much nicer than Extell’s proposals for 570 Fifth. This tower is stunning.

Same firm. Their attention to detailing in some of their more recent towers reminds me of some of SHoP's work. I'm loving it.

colemonkee · #**615** Posted **Jan 30, 2024, 1:35 PM**

That colonnade at ground level is going to be amazing. And I really hope the backlight the last level or two of the crown at night.

NYguy · #**616** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 1:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

That colonnade at ground level is going to be amazing. And I really hope the backlight the last level or two of the crown at night.

In the presence of Vanderbilt and Empire, it better. Tough crowd to compete with.

Antares41 · #**617** Posted **Jan 31, 2024, 6:04 PM**

Such a fantastic bidg. It has a lot of intricacies; would love to draw it. Only complaint is that it won't be as prominent in the skyline as I wish it could be.... but hey, its Manhattan.

NYguy · #**618** Posted **Feb 1, 2024, 12:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by Antares41

Such a fantastic bidg. It has a lot of intricacies; would love to draw it. Only complaint is that it won't be as prominent in the skyline as I wish it could be.... but hey, its Manhattan.

Yeah, it joins a line of others like 53w53 that should be more prominent.

NYguy · #**619** Posted **Feb 14, 2024, 12:49 AM**

When the skies cleared....

Rooted Arborial · #**620** Posted **Feb 14, 2024, 6:00 AM**

I want to like this building because the architects have gone in an unusual direction with the combination of Italianate and Art Deco.

While the Italianate arches coupled with the scale will make this a rather distinctive building, the overall effect seems too much of a hodge-podge. There are extenuated arches at the

base, then it goes with more squat, then it has a mass of squat which then becomes briefly attenuated, then the windows go squat for a large area, then they begin to attenuate, then

squat, then attenuate, then attenuate more ....

It is visually aggravating.

I do sincerely hope it isn't as annoyingly discombobulated looking - as the illustrations make it look - when it is finished.