In Midtown Manhattan, at a pace of one floor every four days, the skyscraper designed by Jean Nouvel is beginning to rise above New York’s MoMA. Construction on the project - which began life nearly a decade ago as ‘Torre Verre’ - got underway in 2014 with a new name, 53W53. Now, with the development overmore halfway through its 55-month schedule, the super-tall structure is on track to open in early 2019.
Construction photos released along, on the 58th level  (the completed building will contain 82 floors)  with new renderings, show the development of French architect Jean Nouvel's skyscraper in Manhattan.

Skyscraper is rising above New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) at 53 West 53rd Street, the new name 53W53 residential tower is due to reach 320.0 meter tall once complete.
 
"53W53's sculptural form, progressive yet reminiscent of classic Manhattan skyscrapers, incorporates an innovative exposed structural system, which Nouvel refers to as the diagrid," said a statement released with the images. "Because of the building's tapering design and the diagrid, the layout of each condominium residence is unique."

The buildings interiors have been designed by interior architect Thierry Despont, known for his "mastery of exceptional private residences" and some of the most luxurious hotels in the world. 145 residences range in size from one-to-five bedrooms, including full floor homes and duplex penthouses with private elevators.

The skyscraper is one of several residential towers in Midtown Manhattan that are categorised as supertall – measuring between 300 and 600 meter (980 and 2,000 feet ). Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue or Christian de Portzamparc's One57  are among the others.

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Ateliers Jean Nouvel
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Project Leaders.- Bertram Beissel, Manal Rachdi, Damien Faraut, François Leininger, Ingrid Menon, Stacy Eisenberg. Architects.- Pablo Alvarenga, Maya Barakat, Jean-Patrick Degrave, Constanza Jorquera, Narjis Lemrini, Amanda Ortland Beissel, Matthieu Puyaubreau, Mélanie Doremus, Fred Imbert, Tristan Israel, Laetitia Degroote, Etienne Gobin
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Architect of Record.- AAI Architects, P.C.
Structural Engineer.- WSP Cantor Seinuk
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Owners
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Goldman Sachs; Pontiac Land Group
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Developer
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Gerald D Hines Interests
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Proposed.- 2007. Start of Construction.- 2014. Completion.- 2017-2019
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Height.- Architectural.- 320.0 meter / 1050 feet
Height.- To Tip: 320.0 meter / 1050 feet
Floors Above Ground.- 77
Floors Below Ground.- 3
No. of Apartments.- 180
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Jean Nouvel, (born in Fumel, France, on August 12, 1945) is a French architect. He was born in Fumel, France, and studied architecture and design at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he graduated in 1972. In 1976, Nouvel was a founding member of "Mars 1976", along with other young French architects. He also participated in creating the Syndicat de l'Architecture, an independent organisation aimed at promoting a more critical awareness within the profession.

Nouvel has received prestigious architecture awards throughout his career, including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (granted for the design of the Institut du Monde Arabe). In 2001, he received the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for his international career. In 2005, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in the Arts by the Wolf Foundation in Jerusalem, and in 2008, the Pritzker Prize. He was awarded the Grand Gold Medal of the Académie d’Architecture of France and named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. In addition, he has been made an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and has received honorary doctorates from several universities, including the University of Buenos Aires.

Nouvel was awarded the Pritzker Prize, the highest honour in architecture, in 2008, for his work on more than 200 projects. Among them, in the words of The New York Times, the “exotic brise-soleil” of the Institut du Monde Arabe, the “bullet-shaped” Torre Agbar in Barcelona with its “candy-colored” skin, the “muscular” Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis with its cantilevered bridge, and in Paris, the “challenging, mysterious and eccentrically wild” Musée du Quai Branly (2006) and the Philharmonie de Paris (a “journey into the unknown”, c. 2012).

The Pritzker highlighted numerous important works: in Europe, the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art (1994), the Culture and Congress Center in Lucerne (2000), the Nouvel Opéra in Lyon (1993), Expo 2002 in Switzerland and, under construction, the Concert Hall in Copenhagen and the Palace of Justice in Nantes (2000), as well as two tall towers in development in North America, Tour Verre in New York and a residential tower in Los Angeles. His recent cultural projects include the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Philharmonie de Paris, the National Museum of Qatar in Doha, and the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2010, in London.

In its announcement, the Pritzker Prize jury stated:

Of the many phrases that might be used to describe the career of architect Jean Nouvel, foremost are those that emphasize his courageous pursuit of new ideas and his challenge of accepted norms to stretch the boundaries of the field. [...] The jury acknowledged the ‘persistence, imagination, exuberance, and, above all, an insatiable urge for creative experimentation’ as qualities abundant in Nouvel’s work.

Among his principal projects are the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Fondation Cartier and the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, the Culture and Congress Center KKL in Lucerne, the extension of the Reina Sofía Art Center in Madrid, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Geneva Convention Center (2006), the Torre Agbar in Barcelona, the Dentsu Tower in Tokyo, the main complex of the Pierre and Marie Curie University campus in Paris, and the French Pavilion for Expo Shanghai 2010.

Among his current projects under study or construction are “53W53, Tour de Verre,” which integrates the expansion of the MoMA galleries in New York, the “Le Nouvel” residential towers in Kuala Lumpur, “Anderson 18” and “Ardmore” in Singapore, and “Rosewood” in São Paulo, the “Hekla” and “Duo” office towers in Paris, the cultural complex “The Artists’ Garden” in Qingdao, and the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing. The design for the Louvre Abu Dhabi began in 2006 with Nouvel’s associate architect, Hala Wardé. His recent plans also include projects in Dakar, Rio de Janeiro, and Brussels, as well as urban interventions in historic sites such as the city center of Toledo, Spain.
 

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Published on: September 10, 2017
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