Bond St. architects honored.New York-based Meltzer/Mandl Architects will be presented with an Award of Excellence from the National Society of American Registered Architects The Society of American Registered Architects SARA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. History The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) was founded on November 9, 1956 by Wilfred J. Gregson. for Bond Street Lofts in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The citation will be presented at a gala dinner at The Sheraton New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Hotel & Tower on October 17. With the design of Bond Street Lofts, a six-story, residential condominium building at 57 Bond Street on the lower east side of Manhattan, Meltzer/Mandl has introduced a new architectural vocabulary to multi-family residential Multi-family residential is a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units are contained within one building. The most common form is an apartment building. Many intentional communities incorporate multi-family residences, such as in cohousing projects. buildings. Taking their cue from the historic, industrial ambiance am·bi·ance also am·bi·ence n. The special atmosphere or mood created by a particular environment: "The noir ambience is dominated by low-key lighting . . . of the neighborhood, the architectural team created a unique building of stone, glass and aluminum. The $7 million, 27,560 square-foot building is a mid-rise tower with two setbacks. The building's main volume, a curving four-story mass, is clad in aluminum and glass. To marry the building to this historic neighborhood, the architects created a low stone wall with round columns along the Bond Street front. This detailing of traditional material and human scale also firmly fixes the project in the mid-rise tradition. The lobby features an arched wall with metal paneling in a luminous finish to match the building's exterior, curvilinear curvilinear a line appearing as a curve; nonlinear. curvilinear regression see curvilinear regression. finish of aluminum. To let in ample light, the ten loft residences were design with soaring 11-foot ceilings and large, 20-foot-long windows. Two residences have wood-burning fireplaces. For outdoor living, each loft has a balcony or terrace, and the two penthouse residences feature rooftop terraces. A wall of polished wood conceals the outdoor lighting in the 1,000-square-foot, common rooftop area. In addition to the oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. loft condominiums, 57 Bond Street contains over 5,000 square feet of street-front retail space. The developer is New York-based Alchemy Properties. Construction was completed in May 2003. 57 Bond Street, one of the first new residential buildings in this historic area of New York City, is credited with spearheading the revitalization of the neighborhood. Meltzer/Mandl already received an Award of Excellence from the local New York Council Society of American Registered Architects for this project. |
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