7 Skyscrapers That Changed New York's Skyline

Central Park Tower, por Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (2019)

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Super-thin skyscrapers, or pencil towers as they're also known, have started to rise in New York City over the past decade, with SHoP Architects' 111 West 57th Street recently becoming the world's narrowest skyscraper .

111 West 57th Street, por SHoP Architects (2022)

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With a highly competitive real estate market, and a high demand for luxury condominiums in New York City, advances in concrete and steel, as well as the use of weights to neutralize the effects of wind, made the construction of these skyscrapers possible. Next, check out 7 skyscrapers that are reshaping the New York City skyline :

111 West 57th Street, by SHoP Architects (2022)

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Completed last month, 111 West 57th is the world's thinnest skyscraper , with an impressive aspect ratio of 24:1. The SHoP Architects- designed luxury tower, which tapers to a pencil-shaped top, has just one condominium per floor.

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Situated in an area known as Billionaire's Row , it faces Central Park to the north and Lower Manhattan to the south.

Central Park Tower, by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (2019)

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At 472 meters high, Central Park Tower is the tallest residential building in the world. The building, which has an aspect ratio of 18:1, reached its maximum height in 2019 and opened to residents in 2021.

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Architecture studio Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill also designed the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which, if completed, will become the tallest skyscraper in the world.

53W53, by Jean Nouvel (2019)

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Completed in 2019, this tower, also known as the MoMa Tower due to its proximity to the New York museum, was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel.

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At the time of its inauguration, the Pritzer Architecture Prize-winning architect said that " architecture is art , and architecture is born from its situation, from its context."

Selene, by Foster + Partners (2019)

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The 63-story skyscraper, next to the Seagram Building, was designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners to contrast with the neighboring building. "In contrast to Seagram's dark bronze , our tower will have a pure, undulating white skin. Its proportions are almost impossibly thin and the views are simply incredible," said Norman Foster.

Madison Square Park, by Kohn Pedersen Fox (2017)

Madison Square Park, por Kohn Pedersen Fox (2017)

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The tallest building in the Flatiron District, Madison Square Park, is 777 feet tall.

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The 65-story KPF -designed skyscraper is very narrow at the base, where the aspect ratio is 13:1, but slopes slightly outward so that the central section is wider than the bottom.

56 Leonard, by Herzog de Meuron (2017)

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The 60-story building is known locally as the "Jenga Tower" because of the irregular , stacked nature of its facade.

432 Park Avenue, by Rafael Viñoly Architects (2015)

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This 392-meter skyscraper designed by the studio of Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly has 85 floors and a uniform envelope. It was one of the first engineering examples of a super-thin skyscraper, with its height-to-width ratio of 15:1.

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Source: Dezeen

111 West 57th Street, by SHoP Architects (2022)

Central Park Tower, by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill (2019)

53W53, by Jean Nouvel (2019)

Selene, by Foster + Partners (2019)

Madison Square Park, by Kohn Pedersen Fox (2017)

56 Leonard, by Herzog de Meuron (2017)

432 Park Avenue, by Rafael Viñoly Architects (2015)

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