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685 First Avenue Tower in New York
Residential Apartment Building, USA – design by Richard Meier & Partners, Architects
7 Nov 2016
685 First Avenue Tower
Design: Richard Meier & Partners, Architects
685 First Avenue Tower

Richard Meier & Partners in collaboration with Developer Sheldon Solow?s East River Realty Development is pleased to celebrate the design and construction of the new 685 First Avenue tower in New York City.

The 42-story, 460-foot high residential tower, Meier?s tallest in New York City, will rise just south of the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan overlooking the East River. The 685 First Avenue site occupies a 32,365 SF parcel between East 39th and East 40th Streets along the West side of First Avenue. It will be home to 556 rental and condominium apartments and feature panoramic views of the river and the city.
Minimalistic in form, the design of this predominantly glass building evidences great consideration for materiality, lightness, transparency and order. Its taut curtain wall is incised with modular subdivisions and articulated with selective metal panel elements in the form of balconies, canopies and corners. A distinguishing feature?an architectural cut-out at the 27th and 28th floors?will exist in dialogue with the building?s context and be visible from across the East River.

?This is a milestone project for us, as our first all...