7 Bryant Park
A distinctive office tower, with a signature hourglass façade feature, in Midtown Manhattan.
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Project Details
Project Partners
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Owner
Hines and Pacolet/Milliken
Location
New York, New York
Completion Date
Area
470,000 ft²
Height
454 ft
Sustainability
LEED Gold Certification
Number of Stories
30
Project Awards
ENR, Project of the Year, 2016
Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Award, 2016
ENR New York, Best Office Building, 2016
Urban Land Institute New York, Award for Excellence: Finalist, 2016
A Distinctive Office Tower
The signature hourglass façade feature, cut into a corner, sets off this 30-story Midtown office tower.
We provided structural design, connection design and Tekla modeling services to Pei Cobb Freed & Partners for the building, which was completed in 2015.
Highlights
- The hourglass feature is created structurally with sloping columns. Many of the perimeter tower columns transfer onto large built-up plate girders at the 10th floor to create 60-foot column-free lease depths at the podium levels.
- The mixed-use building offers expansive views of Bryant Park and its hourglass shape provides uniquely shaped feature windows at every floor.
- The basic structural system consists of a core-first concrete core with surrounding steel framing.