Blockish ‘Jenga building’ going up in New York
Designed by Herzog & De Meuron, 56 Leonard Street will have 14-foot windows overlooking the metropolis.
(Credit: www.56leonardtribeca.com)
How would you like to live in a puzzle in the sky? How about right on top of Manhattan?
After a long delay, a rather puzzling 60-story condo building in New York’s Tribeca district could soon start becoming a reality. It’s made up of a pile of stacked residential units, a design that earned it the nickname “the Jenga Building” after the 1980s game of wooden blocks.
Conceived by Swiss architectural firm Herzog & De Meuron, the 56 Leonard Street project…
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