Manhattan’s classic skyscrapers are a powerful combination of optimistic expression and technical invention. 111 West 57th Street updates that heritage for today.

曼哈顿的经典摩天大楼是乐观主义表达与技术创新的完美结合。111 West 57th Street 项目以现代的眼光重新诠释了这一传统。

With a total height of 1,428 feet, the residential tower at 111 West 57th Street is among the tallest buildings in New York City. As a prominent new local and regional landmark, it bears a special responsibility to contribute meaningfully and elegantly to the shared skyline. We achieved that goal by carefully shaping the tower’s profile, and by developing an innovative approach to using an authentic material from the golden age of the Manhattan skyscraper: terra-cotta.

111 West 57th Street 的住宅塔楼总高1428英尺，是纽约市最高的建筑之一。作为当地和区域的新地标，它肩负着为共享天际线增添意义和优雅的特殊责任。我们通过精心塑造塔楼的轮廓，并创新性地使用曼哈顿摩天大楼黄金时代的经典材料——陶土，实现了这一目标。

The tower’s form is a bold interpretation of what is possible within the requirements of the Midtown Manhattan zoning envelope. Mandated setbacks were multiplied where the building form contacts the sky-exposure plane, resulting in a feathered rather than a stepped profile. The setbacks serve as sites for a finial at the top of each column of the terra-cotta ornament that rises on the east and west facades. Without mimicking historic precedent, this approach unifies the massing of 111 West 57th Street in the tradition of classic towers such as One Wall Street, 30 Rockefeller Center, or the Empire State Building.

塔楼的造型大胆地诠释了在曼哈顿中城分区规划范围内所能实现的可能性。在建筑形态在天空，要求成倍增加后退，从而呈现出羽状而非阶梯状的轮廓。退台设计为东西立面上每根陶土装饰柱顶部的顶饰提供了空间。这种设计方法并非照搬历史先例，而是将 111 West 57th Street 的体量统一起来，延续了华尔街一号、洛克菲勒中心30号或帝国大厦等经典塔楼的传统。

Terra-cotta is one of the most beautiful and adaptable materials available to architects today. For 111 West 57th Street, blocks of sequentially varying profiles were modeled, extruded, glazed, and then stacked into an involuted pattern, like a softly breaking wave, that appears at once novel and familiar. Staggering those elements across the facade creates a distinctive moiré that changes dramatically when seen in different lights or from various distances.

陶土是当今建筑师所能使用的最美观、适应性最强的材料之一。111 West 57th Street 的建筑，采用连续变化的轮廓块体进行造型、挤压、上釉，然后堆叠成复杂的图案，如同轻柔拍打的波浪，既新颖又熟悉。这些元素在立面上交错排列，营造出独特的波纹效果，在不同光线或距离下观看时，会呈现出巨大的变化。

size：572,000 sf

phase：completed

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