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OMA releases render of its first full-scale NYC project

121 East 22nd

OMA releases render of its first full-scale NYC project

Rem Koolhaas’s Delirious New York may the architect’s most famous work, but despite decades of practice, his international firm OMA hasn’t designed a newly-built structure in the Big Apple (the firm has designed many interiors and unrealized projects).

That’s changing with 121 East 22nd St., a residential project designed by OMA’s New York office and its principal Shohei Shigematsu. “The design of the 133-unit residential block was driven by the duality of its context,” said Shigematsu in a press release. “Punched windows echoing the façade of its pre-war neighbors seamlessly transition to contemporary, floor-to-ceiling glazed windows towards the corner, forming a gradient from historic to modern.”

The building will rise 18 stories, contain 133 residential units, and feature ground floor retail. Toll Brothers City Living is the developer while SLCE Architects is the architects-of-record.

 


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