The Japanese architect Tadao Ando's first project in New York City now has more details, and its first visuals. Developer Sumaida + Khurana is tapping the star architect's signature, to create a seven-story building with only eight apartments and a rooftop terrace at 152 Elizabeth, between Kenmare and Broome.

Proposed for a site on the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Streets in Lower Manhattan, the 3,000-square-metre structure is designed by Tadao Ando to "embrace the industrial character of the area".

The area is labeled Nolita by the real estate world, though some argue that it's Little Italy, but there's one fact that's unassailable: these homes are going to be super fancy. All eight apartments are going to be two- to five-bedrooms ranging from 1,900 square feet to over 5,000, with "bespoke interiors" by Gabellini Sheppard Associates.

It will be constructed using in-situ concrete, galvanised steel and large expanses of glazing, materials that Ando has used for many projects, from his first steps.

The renderings revealed thus far don't show the entire facade of the building, however a sketch by Ando gives a first glimpse.

In March, Saif Sumaida and Amit Khurana picked up the corner site, formerly a parking garage (weren't they all), for $21 million. Construction is set to begin later this year, with 152 Elizabeth's completion expected for 2016. As is typical with these projects, sales will start well before then: in early 2015. In addition to design the insides, Gabellini Sheppard Associates is the architect of record.

Ando is the latest in a series of high-profile architects working on luxury housing developments in New York.

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Tadao Ando was born in Osaka, Japan in 1941. A self-educated architect, he spent time in nearby Kyoto and Nara, studying firsthand the great monuments of traditional Japanese architecture. Between 1962 and 1969 he traveled to the United States, Europe, and Africa, learning about Western architecture, history, and techniques. His studies of both traditional Japanese and modern architecture had a profound influence on his work and resulted in a unique blend of these rich traditions.

In 1969 Ando established Tadao Ando Architect and Associates in Osaka. He is an honorary fellow in the architecture academies of six countries; he has been a visiting professor at Yale, Columbia, and Harvard Universities; and in 1997, he became professor of architecture at Tokyo University.

Ando has received numerous architecture awards, including the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995, the 2002 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, and also in 2002, the Kyoto Prize for lifetime achievement in the arts and philosophy. His buildings can be seen in Japan, Europe, the United States, and India.

In fall 2001, following up on the comprehensive master plan commissioned from Cooper, Robertson & Partners in the 1990s and completed in 2001, Tadao Ando was selected to develop an architectural master plan for the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to expand its buildings and enhance its 140-acre campus.

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