Via 57 West

A fantastical yet functional residential building required several façade systems and thousands of unique components, even borrowing laser technology from the auto industry to achieve the hyperbolic paraboloid form of its southwest face.

625 West 57th Street, New York, NY

Owner: The Durst Organization, New York, NY
Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group, New York, NY
Architect of Record: SLCE Architects, New York, NY
Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti, New York, NY
Mechanical Engineer: Dagher Engineering, PLLC, New York, NY
General Contractor: Hunter Roberts Construction Group, New York, NY
Façade Consultant: Israel Berger & Associates (now part of Vidaris, Inc.), New York, NY
Curtain Wall Fabricator and Erector: Enclos, New York, NY

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