About 432 Park Avenue
The pencil-thin 432 Park Avenue represents a new generation of supertall, superslim skyscrapers. Located in the ever-opulent Midtown neighborhood, the tower is placed in the heart of Manhattan overlooking Central Park. The narrow design of the building is intentional; as Manhattan increases in density, it is becoming ever more important to maximize building heights relative to site area.
Simplicity is the defining trait of 432 Park Avenue. With a series of large glass windows set in a regular grid of exposed concrete members, the building offers few aesthetic frills, but rather rises out of the ground as a singular, white monolith. A flat roof neatly caps the rectangular structure. The straight, clean lines of the building’s façade simultaneously manage to evoke a modern aesthetic, while also reflecting Manhattan’s orderly street grid. Each floor incorporates 24 9.2-square-meter windows that add weight to the structure, creating a sense of visually stability despite its slender frame. The oversized windows will also benefit residents with ample amounts of light and uncontested views.
The building’s outward simplicity belies a complex structural scheme. A regular grid of exposed concrete creates an open basket within which seven “independent buildings” stack up, separated by spaces where building cores are exposed to the outdoor elements. These breaks allow for the deflection of wind pressures and help the building, with its 1:15 slenderness ratio, achieve structural stability.
Taken together, the orderly, almost methodical design of 432 Park Avenue manages to fully harness its small footprint without appearing to dominate its surroundings. It is clear that this type of economical design will have a lasting impact on the future of tall buildings, as it becomes more important to consider the long-term impact of buildings at such extreme height.
CTBUH Initiatives
CTBUH Study Examines Tallest Buildings with Dampers
22 Aug 2018
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CTBUH Research
“Living Tall” Asks: “What Will Make Tall Buildings More Livable?"
16 Nov 2017
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Top 12 Happenings of 2016, Month-by-Month
19 Dec 2016
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CTBUH News
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CTBUH Study Examines Tallest Buildings with Dampers
22 Aug 2018, Chicago
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CTBUH Research
CTBUH has released a Tall Buildings in Numbers (TBIN) interactive data study on the world's tallest buildings with dampers.
“Living Tall” Asks: “What Will Make Tall Buildings More Livable?"
16 Nov 2017, Chicago
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The third installment of the CTBUH / Chicago Architecture Foundation’s (CAF) joint skyscraper lecture series brought together a diverse group of tall building experts.
Top 12 Happenings of 2016, Month-by-Month
19 Dec 2016, Chicago
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CTBUH News
Check out the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's top stories of 2016 for each month and take a look ahead with the Council’s monthly predictions for 2017.
CTBUH Announces 100 Supertalls Completed Worldwide
13 Jan 2016, New York City
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CTBUH-Related News
There are now officially 100 supertall (300-plus-meter) skyscrapers in the world following the completion of 432 Park Avenue in New York City.
Performance and Behavior of Tall Buildings for Wind Loads
13 Jan 2016, New York City
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CTBUH YPC hosted an event on wind engineering and understanding its effects on tall buildings as well as to provide insight into the engineering efforts in design of shorter buildings.
432 Park Avenue: Design and Engineering
15 Oct 2015, New York City
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Presentations of the architectural and engineering design of 432 Park Avenue, the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere.
The Current State of Slender Buildings in NYC
30 Jul 2015, New York City
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SHoP Architects welcomed a group of architects and engineers for a lively discussion and exchange of ideas about slender buildings.
Inaugural Japan Symposium Rises to the Occasion in Tokyo
22 May 2015, Tokyo
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Event
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CTBUH held its inaugural Japan Symposium at the Academy Hills lecture hall of the Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills, bringing together leading experts
New York’s New Delirium
Oct 2013, New York City
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Tour
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At least five once-in-a-lifetime multi-acre projects are underway in New York. CTBUH Editor Daniel Safarik reports on his journey to investigate further.
CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2015
Jan 2016
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CTBUH has determined that 106 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2015 – setting a new record for annual tall building completions.
CTBUH Releases Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014
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CTBUH Journal Paper
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building functions and structural materials.
Videos
Singularly Slender: Sky Living in New York, Hong Kong, and Elsewhere
20 Oct 2016 –
Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum
Interview: Carol Willis
27 Oct 2015 –
Carol Willis, Skyscraper Museum
Interview: Harry Macklowe
26 Oct 2015 –
Harry Macklowe, Macklowe Properties
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Interview: Carol Willis
27 Oct 2015 –
2015 New York Conference Interviews;
Carol Willis, Skyscraper Museum
Carol Willis of Skyscraper Museum is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Carol discusses the luxurious…
Interview: Harry Macklowe
26 Oct 2015 –
2015 New York Conference Interviews;
Harry Macklowe, Macklowe Properties
Harry Macklowe of Macklowe Properties is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Harry discusses 432 Park…
Interview: Rafael Viñoly
26 Oct 2015 –
2015 New York Conference Interviews;
Rafael Viñoly, Rafael Viñoly Architects
Rafael Viñoly of Rafael Viñoly Architects is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Rafael discusses about…
The Complex Path to Simple Elegance: The Story of 432 Park
26 Oct 2015 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2015 New York Conference;
Harry Macklowe, Macklowe Properties
This presentation chronicles the development and design of 432 Park Avenue, New York, which, when it opens will be the tallest residential building in the Western…
The New Supers: Super-Slender Towers of New York
26 Oct 2015 –
Presentation at CTBUH 2015 New York Conference;
Silvian Marcus, WSP Group
432 Park Avenue, the MoMA Tower and Steinway Tower at 111 West 57th Street are the first of a new generation of supertall buildings in New York City. 432 Park Avenue will…
2014 Awards - Session 1 Q&A
6 Nov 2014 –
CTBUH "13th Annual Awards";
Chair: Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang
Dr. Peter Irwin, Founding Partner, RWDI Consulting Engineers, Michael Adlerstein, Assistant Secretary-General & Executive Director, United Nations Capital Master Plan,…
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Research Papers
World’s Tallest Buildings with Dampers
Jul 2018 –
CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue III
Using Height-Relative Variables To Design Tall Buildings
Jul 2018 –
CTBUH Journal 2018 Issue III
Dynamic Interrelationship between the Evolution of the Structural Systems and Façade Design in Tall Buildings
Mar 2018 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7 Number 1
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World’s Tallest Buildings with Dampers
Jul 2018 –
CTBUH Journal, 2018 Issue III; CTBUH Research
As tall buildings continue to be built in seismically-active and cyclone-prone areas, the need to augment the structures of these buildings with dynamic modification…
Using Height-Relative Variables To Design Tall Buildings
Jul 2018 –
CTBUH Journal 2018 Issue III; John Jory, Queensland University of Technology
This paper investigates height-variable phenomena in the urban context, and their relevance to the design and performance of tall buildings. It proposes a design approach…
Singularly Slender: Sky Living in New York, Hong Kong, and Elsewhere
17 Oct 2016 –
Cities to Megacities: Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism; Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum
This paper highlights a new 21st-century skyscraper typology – the very tall and slender residential tower – and analyzes the economic, engineering, and urbanistic forces…
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2015
Jan 2016 –
CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue I; Jason Gabel, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
CTBUH has determined that 106 buildings of 200 meters’ height or greater were completed around the world in 2015 – setting a new record for annual tall building…
Debating Tall: Luxury Superslims: Bane or Boon?
26 Oct 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue IV; Michael Stern, JDS Development Group; Mary Rowe, Municipal Art Society of New York
The recent prevalence of extra-thin and tall “superslim” towers in New York, which mostly contain luxury apartments, has been controversial. We felt it was time to air…
The Complex Path to Simple Elegance: The Story of 432 Park Avenue
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Harry Macklowe, Macklowe Properties, Inc.
This paper chronicles the development and design of 432 Park Avenue, New York, which, is the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the world’…
The Logic of Luxury 2.0
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Carol Willis, The Skyscraper Museum
This paper recaps the “what and why” of the super-slender type and gives an abbreviated illustration of the mechanics of the “logic of luxury.” The second part of the…
The New Supers: Super-Slender Towers of New York
26 Oct 2015 –
Global Interchanges: Resurgence of the Skyscraper City; Silvian Marcus, WSP Group
432 Park Avenue, the MoMA Tower and Steinway Tower at 111 West 57th Street are the first of a new generation of supertall buildings in New York City. 432 Park Avenue will…
New York: The Ultimate Skyscraper Laboratory
Oct 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue IV; CTBUH Research
A timeline of skyscraper completions in New York uncannily resembles the boom and bust cycles of the United States in the 20th and early 21st centuries. The most active…
Perspectives on the Skyscraper City
Oct 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue IV; New York 2015 Conference Special
To commemorate the CTBUH 2015 International Conference, some of the most prominent voices in the New York tall building industry today – all of whom are speaking at the…
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2014
Dec 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue I; Daniel Safarik, Antony Wood, Marty Carver & Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH
An All-Time Record 97 Buildings of 200 Meters or Higher Completed in 2014 and 2014 showed further shifts towards Asia, and also surprising developments in building…
Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism
Sep 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue III; Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution…
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Other Building Facts
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