RAMSA's 950-foot-tall Central Park tower heads toward the finish line
A buff stone-clad supertall tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) in New York City is nearing the final stages of construction. The 950-foot-tall building, 220 Central Park South, rises from a site directly opposite Central Park's southern edge as a relatively modest 18-story "villa" apartment complex overlooked from behind by a massive, skinny tower. Construction on the site has been ongoing since 2013 and is finally heading toward completion. The tower is marked by a traditional arrangement of punched widows and protruding balconies that interrupt otherwise monolithic stone facades. As the tower rises, it steps back slightly as it rises toward a more dramatically stepped top. A massive 23,000-square-foot penthouse suite located within the tower sold last year for $230 million, making the unit the most expensive home in the United States at the time. Previously on Archinect: "Construction on NYC’s One Vanderbilt supertall tower continues." An earlier view of the...
A buff stone-clad supertall tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) in New York City is nearing the final stages of construction.
The 950-foot-tall building, 220 Central Park South, rises from a site directly opposite Central Park's southern edge as a relatively modest 18-story "villa" apartment complex overlooked from behind by a massive, skinny tower.
Construction on the site has been ongoing since 2013 and is finally heading toward completion. The tower is marked by a traditional arrangement of punched widows and protruding balconies that interrupt otherwise monolithic stone facades. As the tower rises, it steps back slightly as it rises toward a more dramatically stepped top.
A massive 23,000-square-foot penthouse suite located within the tower sold last year for $230 million, making the unit the most expensive home in the United States at the time.
