The position of Steinway Tower on Billionaire’s Row is such that it is in perfect alignment with the axis of Central Park. This is because of the use of terracotta blocks. The building’s façade appears to change colour when seen from different angles and under different light. (Image: Courtesy of 111 West 57th Street) What is special about the design of the world’s skinniest skyscraper? This brings the total number of luxury residences at the location to 60. There are 14 more residences in the adjacent Steinway Hall, a 1920s building restored by JDS Development Group and connected to Steinway Tower. The skyscraper has 84 storeys, encompassing 46 full-floor and duplex residences. The building towers over all of its nearby skyscrapers, rising from what looks like a deep abyss in between buildings. The land on which it stands was once the site of the historic Steinway & Sons piano company in what is known as the Billionaire’s Row in Midtown Manhattan - an area favoured by some of the world’s richest people, including former US President Donald Trump. The master bedroom in one of the residences at the tower with a view of the Manhattan skyline. The building is roughly around 18 metres wide. Measuring an astounding width-to-height ratio of 1:24, Steinway Tower is officially the world’s thinnest skyscraper. However, it is the tower’s width which has made it remarkable in the world. The record that makes Steinway Tower so specialĭesigned by NYC’s SHoP Architects and developed by JDS Development Group with Property Markets Group, the 435-metre-tall tower is the fourth-tallest building in the US. And I wanted to create a very distinct experience that could only be had in New York,” he added. “I know so many people might have multiple homes, who will have apartments here. “We’ve all been to very luxurious places, but I wanted to create a building that could not be anywhere else in the world,” William Sofield, founder of Studio Sofield told CNN. Located at 111 West 57th Street, the interior works of the tower were wrapped up by Studio Sofield in mid-November, which officially brought the tower’s construction work to an end.ĬNN reports that Studio Sofield planned the design to recreate the late 19th-century Gilded Age of New York. It does not store any personal data.New York City, the home of the skyscrapers, recently got a new member in the sky-high club - the Steinway Tower in Manhattan, famously known as the skinniest skyscraper in the world. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
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