The world’s skinniest skyscraper is ready for its first residents

Steinway Tower, or 111 West 57th Road, has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, making it “essentially the most slender skyscraper on the planet,” in accordance with the builders.

The midtown Manhattan growth contains 60 flats spanning the tower’s 84 tales and the adjoining Steinway Corridor constructing.

The tower was designed by New York structure agency SHoP Architects and constructed by JDS Improvement, Property Markets Group and Spruce Capital Companions, which started building in 2013. Gregg Pasquarelli, principal at SHoP Architects, referred to as the constructing “a venture of extraordinary proportions and epic grandeur” in an e-mail to CNN.

Tremendous-slender skyscrapers, also referred to as pencil towers, grew to become standout options of the Hong Kong skyline within the Seventies. Since then, main cities similar to New York have adopted swimsuit.

The architects stated their predominant objective was to create a brand new and daring interpretation of the New York skyline, whereas additionally celebrating the placement’s historic roots.

“Any preconceived notions that our workforce had about skyscrapers of New York Metropolis developments have been changed with a possibility to do one thing that had by no means been performed earlier than,” Pasquarelli stated.

The super-tall tower is an addition to Steinway Corridor, a historic 1925 constructing referred to as the previous house of the piano maker Steinway and Sons and a live performance corridor. This erstwhile cultural hub has been transformed into luxurious properties.

The tower’s façade contains blocks of terracotta, a cloth that seems to vary shade and texture when seen in several lights and from completely different angles.

Steinway Tower is now opening its doorways to new residents, however whereas the constructing’s silhoutte is skinny, the costs actually aren’t, starting from $7.75 million for a studio residence to $66 million for the penthouse.