His project hit the pages of the architectural press in an unusual way: through a recently published monograph on his work. The plans of Libeskind and the developer Elad Properties to build another residential building on Madison Avenue became known back in 2007, but since then there have been no new messages. And only at the end of last month, one of the critics noticed in the pages of Libeskind's book Counterpoint, published on November 18, a detailed project of this 300-meter skyscraper.
It will be built near
Rem Koolhaas towers, but this building has more in common with the building of the Hirst corporation by Norman Foster: it will also be erected over an unfinished skyscraper of the late 1920s, one of the "victims" of the Great Depression. The glass pipe of Libeskind's structure will occupy only a part of this historic Art Deco building, as if "flowing" onto it from the end.
In order to make his building more appropriate in the historical environment (there is an architectural monument nearby, the MetLife Tower skyscraper of the early 20th century, which was the tallest in the world in 1909-1913), Libeskind proposed to make wide openings in its facades, where there will be located green terraces and balconies of apartments. Thus, according to the architect, it is possible to bring nature back to the city center; it is also a reference to the context: nearby Madison Square Park.
