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56 Leonard Street

NY

Residential
Architect

Herzog & de Meuron

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The high-rise tower is an important ingredient within the contemporary city. However, towers have come to be defined solely by their height and, as a type, they have become anonymous. Typical residential towers, while successful in aggregating the living unit, often fail to improve upon the living environment. The multiplication of units within simple extruded shapes produces repetitive and anonymous structures with no extra benefits or architectural qualities despite the incredible densities they achieve. For those who live in these structures, this experience of sameness and repetition can be relatively unpleasant. 56 Leonard Street acts against this anonymity and repetitiveness, emanating from so many towers of the recent past. Its ambition is to achieve, despite its size, a character that is individual and personal, perhaps even intimate.

The high-rise tower is an important ingredient within the contemporary city. However, towers have come to be defined solely by their height and, as a type, they have become anonymous. Typical residential towers, while successful in aggregating the living unit, often fail to improve upon the living environment. The multiplication of units within simple extruded shapes produces repetitive and anonymous structures with no extra benefits or architectural qualities despite the incredible densities they achieve. For those who live in these structures, this experience of sameness and repetition can be relatively unpleasant. 56 Leonard Street acts against this anonymity and repetitiveness, emanating from so many towers of the recent past. Its ambition is to achieve, despite its size, a character that is individual and personal, perhaps even intimate.

56 Leonard Street, New York City, NY, US 10013

Nearby
African Grove Theater: The First Black Theater in New York City 890 feet
The Flea Theater Complex 0.2 miles
Bogardus Plaza Expansion 0.3 miles
Jacob K. Javits Federal Building 0.3 miles
Society of the New York Hospital 0.3 miles
Cary Building 0.3 miles
The 1st Mercantile Agency in NY is established 0.3 miles
New Ring Shout 0.4 miles
Foley Square Federal Office Building 0.4 miles
#Architecture #Residential # Archtober 2017