Between the views, the location, and the chance of having to borrow sugar from a Grammy Award-winning musician, it’s easily the most desirable apartment on the market. The penthouse was recently decorated by Jane Saidenberg of Studio D and features a custom kitchen island shaped like a grand piano. For a cool $29.5 million, you get 5,200 square feet of indoor living space, 14-foot-high floor-to-ceiling windows, and three separate terraces. Mindel, and actor and comedian Keegan Michael Key. 56 Leonard Street is a beautiful modern building located in Tribeca, an area known for its rich history and culture, but not for residential skyscrapers. If you snag Penthouse 57, however, you’ll have enviable bragging rights, living above hip-hop artist Frank Ocean, ED A-Listarchitect Lee F. There are only 145 apartments in all, which means that your chances of rubbing elbows with some of the building’s famous residents just got that much better. The views span the entire eastern side, with views into Brooklyn as well as up into midtown and down to the financial district.Affectionately known as the Jenga tower for its similarity to the children’s game of tumbling blocks, Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron’s 60-story glass skyscraper at 56 Leonard Street in TriBeCa boasts spectacular vistas from each unit’s private terrace and amenities like a 75-foot-long lap pool and an Anish Kapoor sculpture at the building entrance. The unit spans the entire floor, with views in every direction, but the wrap-around terrace outside the kitchen and living room was by far the most stunning. The apartment is currently empty, which only served to emphasize the design features and, most importantly, the amazing views. Largest Double Sized Living/Great room on the market. The penthouse apartment that Archtober participants toured has been recently purchased for an undisclosed amount. It is these cantilevered upper units that give the building its Jenga-like appearance. The top units of the building take this aesthetic to the extreme, with large terraces that cantilever out at greater distances. This design also adds increased privacy for residents, since direct views to other units are limited. The balconies, which jut out at staggered intervals, were intentionally designed to not block sunlight for those below. The structure is intended more as a “vertical neighborhood” than an apartment complex. Each unit is meant to be personal and individualized, unlike most high-rise apartment structures. 56 Leonard Street was designed “from the inside out,” according to the designers. The tour began outside the building, with a discussion of its unusual structure. Participants viewed a four-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom penthouse and the amenity floors for the building. The tour was led by Mehmet Noyan, Associate at Herzog & de Meuron and Project Manager of 56 Leonard, which was developed by Alexico Group. Today’s Building of the Day tour gave participants an exclusive look at 56 Leonard Street, designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, who also designed the building’s interiors. This story is part of a monthlong series of guests posts by AIA New York that feature Archtober Building of the Day tours.
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