In Pictures: Fosters’ New York tower

By Jim Dunton2022-11-01T06:00:00

425 Park-Diagrid Club- Credit Alan Schindler

Source: Alan Schindler

New York skyscraper places cores at the rear to maximise street frontage

Norman Foster has described his practice’s newly-completed 425 Park Avenue tower in New York as “pushing the boundaries of workplace design”.

The structure, which is located near to Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and SOM’s Lever House, is the first full-block office building to be constructed on Park Avenue in more than 50 years.

Foster & Partners won an international design competition run by L&L Holding for the building in 2012. L&L Holding developed 425 Park Avenue in conjunction with Tokyu Land Corporation and BentallGreenOak.

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