251-253 Fifth Avenue
Tall Buildings in Historic Districts:Heritage, Conservation and New Structures
Please join Caterina Roiatti at the Center for Architecture on November 1st at 6 p.m. Caterina will introduce the speakers and present the 251-253 project, designed by TRA studio.The discussion, which will be moderated by Joann Gonchar, Deputy Director at Architectural Record, highlights the tension between the opportunities and limitations offered by sites that include both a new building and a restorative component. The case studies, which will be illustrated by the design architects, all employ the massing strategies of cantilevers, encroachments, or other interlocking mechanisms between the new and the historic building.
Other projects to be presented include 111 West 57th Street and The Brooklyn Tower by SHoP Architects, 67 Greenwich Street and 130 Felix Street by FXCollaborative, 39 West 23rd Street and the Terminal Warehouse both by CookFox.
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