The World's Skinniest Skyscraper

The designers behind the world's skinniest skyscraper have just given fans of ultra-luxury living an early Christmas gift.

New York-based firm Studio Sofield has unveiled the interiors of Steinway Tower, the newly constructed 1,428-foot-tall tower overlooking Central Park. The announcement marks the completion of the opulent midtown Manhattan landmark, which was built on a site once occupied by the historic Steinway & Sons piano company.

The 91-story skyscraper, also known as 111 West 57th Street, contains 46 full-floor and duplex residences. Photos released this month by the designers show opulent lobbies decked out in limestone, marble, blackened steel and velvet, floors paved in smoke-gray solid oak and original artworks by Picasso and Matisse.

According to Studio Sofield, Steinway Tower's interiors were designed to evoke the grandeur of New York's Gilded Age, a period in the late 19th century when the city's boulevards were lined with the stately mansions of robber barons like Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It sits on a Midtown street, filled with gleaming towers, that has become known as "Billionaire's Row."

Studio Sofield's founder, William Sofield, said he wanted to make the tower feel unmistakably New York.

"We've all been to very luxurious places, but I wanted to create a building that could not be anywhere else in the world," he said. "I know so many people might have multiple homes, who will have apartments here. And I wanted to create a very distinct experience that could only be had in New York."

A record feat

Elsewhere, the building's interiors include an 82-foot swimming pool housed in a light-filled room featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and a row of Kentia palms. There's also a modern take on New York's legendary King Cole Bar, complete with an ornamental balcony and custom gold and silver murals.

Other amenities include private dining rooms with a chef's catering kitchen, a golf simulator and a landscaped terrace.

"I always am very personal in my work," Sofield said. "So (take) the swimming pool, for example ... I didn't want it to feel like a normal swimming pool. It has wood paneling with great detailing and gold leaf details.

"It has a vaulted ceiling," he added. "It has draperies... So it's very unlike any swimming pool you would find in New York."

With a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, Steinway Tower has been described by its developers as "the most slender skyscraper in the world." The tower's facade includes blocks of terracotta, a material that appears to change color and texture when seen in different lights and from different angles.

At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, standing just short of two others in New York City: The 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center and the 1,550-foot-tall Central Park Tower.

Super-slender skyscrapers, also known as pencil towers, became standout features of the Hong Kong skyline in the 1970s. Since then, major cities such as New York have followed suit.

Residences in the Manhattan skyscraper, which was developed by the JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, range in price from $7.75 million to $66 million.

By John Blake.

Je vous emmène ce soir découvrir les somptueux lieux à l'intérieur de Steinway Tower, la nouvelle tour surplombant Central Park Le gratte-ciel de 91 étages, également connu sous le nom de 111 West 57th Street, contient 46 résidences en étage et en duplex. Les photos publiées ce mois-ci par les concepteurs montrent des halls d'entrée opulents revêtus de calcaire, de marbre, d'acier noirci et de velours, des sols pavés de chêne massif gris fumée et des œuvres d'art originales de Picasso et de Matisse. Repost @a_gaut The interiors were designed by William Sofield, founder of Studio Sofield. Credit: Adrian Gaut New York-based firm Studio Sofield has unveiled the interiors of Steinway Tower, the newly constructed 1,428-foot-tall tower overlooking Central Park. The announcement marks the completion of the opulent midtown Manhattan landmark, which was built on a site once occupied by the historic Steinway & Sons piano company. https://www.instagram.com/p/CmKEAX1N6U-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#repost • @yimbygram The finishing exterior touches are underway on 111 West 57th Street, a 1,428-foot supertall residential skyscraper in Midtown and the world’s most slender building with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners, 111 West 57th Street will yield 60 units designed by Studio Sofield and marketed by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing. The project is located on Billionaires’ Row between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, and is almost perfectly aligned with the center line of Central Park. Photographs by @mchlanglo793 show the construction crane has been fully disassembled and the gaps in the flat northern elevation left behind from the exterior hoist have been filled in. Only a few portions of the façade now remain to be completed. Sidewalk scaffolding still remains around the base of the podium and Steinway Hall along West 57th Street and should be taken down sometime soon, perhaps by the end of this summer. We can now see the final outcome of the northern elevation from Central Park as the glass panels span between the cast-in-place concrete walls. 111 West 57th Street has a set of four multi-story mechanical outrigger floors dispersed across its height to strengthen it against lateral and seismic forces. The openings in the envelope on the northern profile indicate their location and serve to break up vortex shedding. There is also a tuned mass damper tucked within thick concrete walls beneath the stepped steel-framed crown to counteract wind loads. 111 West 57th Street should likely be completed sometime before the end of 2021. https://www.instagram.com/p/CTRsjq5Lqgu/?utm_medium=tumblr

A Brisbane Artist Fusing Paper, Crochet + Porcelain In Her Sculptures

A Brisbane Artist Fusing Paper, Crochet + Porcelain In Her Sculptures

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by Sasha Gattermayr

Artist Liz Sofield makes her pieces from her sunny 1950s home in Scarborough on the Queensland coast. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

Liz makes three types of art: textile paper art, crochet porcelain and origami porcelain – each one a fusion of two mediums. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

After spending time in a remote mining community Liz realised that she was missing working creatively with her hands. She began experimenting with paper sculptures, which she threaded together with cotton. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

Liz makes her crochet porcelain pieces by stitching together cotton nets and then dipping them in liquid porcelain clay. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

The netted forms then emerge as ceramic vessels, which hold the soft dented form of crochet. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

This method allows her to push the rigidity of clay and create detailed, filigreed works. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

A crocheted sculpture emerging from the liquid porcelain. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

Paper, clay and cotton are the material pillars of her practice. Photos – Mindi Cooke.

‘In the chaos of everyday life, we all need and crave a sense of calm,’ says Liz. She hopes her artworks convey that! Photos – Mindi Cooke.

Ceramics were not always included in Liz Sofield’s artistic practice. She originally made sculptures only from paper and string, threading fine cotton through folded paper shapes to create her artistic forms. But recently, she has added porcelain as the third medium of her full-time practice.

‘My paper artworks and ceramics are linked to my fascination with textiles,’ says Liz. ‘The tactile and meditative process of each is part of an ongoing quest for harmony, and binds these mediums together.’

Liz makes three types of art: textile paper art, crochet porcelain and origami porcelain – each one a fusion of two mediums.

‘I like to blend these processes together,’ says Liz. ‘So I taught myself to fold fine porcelain so that it referenced the folded paper I had been experimenting with. I stitched my folded paper artwork so that it referenced my childhood stitching. I dipped crochet forms in clay to complete the circle.’

Her netted ceramic sculptures are created by first crocheting shapes from cotton. When the final design is complete, she dips it into a liquid porcelain slip to create a solid outer shell of clay around the soft textile before firing it in a kiln. This mirrors the process of her paper sculptures for which she creates a loose layout – cutting and folding the paper shapes and making stitch marks – and finally hand-embroidering a delicate overlay. Her porcelain origami is a more straightforward approach, with the clay forms simply folded in the same intricate manner as delicate paper boats.

Liz’s multidisciplinary practice has been the result of many years of experimentation. Her training in textile design and professional background as an interior designer have given her an appreciation of light, space and repetition, while time spent in a remote mining town in Western Australia or on the coast of Queensland awarded her a wealth of natural inspiration.

But ultimately, Liz’s goal is to instil a sense of tranquility into both the making and the viewing of her delicate, tactile pieces. ‘In the chaos of everyday life, we all need and crave a sense of calm,’ she says. Agreed!

Learn more about Liz’s practice here.

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