Ismael Leyva Architects makes the big leagues.A little known architect has designed some of the most salable sal·a·ble also sale·a·ble adj. Offered or suitable for sale; marketable. sal  a·bil and important residential buildings going up in New York New York, state, United StatesNew 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 and other cities today. Ismael Leyva Architects (ILA ILA abbr. insulinlike activity ) is the architect of choice among developers such as The Related Companies. He has fruitfully collaborated with architectural stars such as David M. Childs and Robert A.M. Stern. Yet he has taken such a low profile that few in the New York real estate community even know his name. Ismael Leyva founded his firm in 1996 after a successful tenure at another leading 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. firm. From its midtown Manhattan offices, the firm provides professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to clients nationally and worldwide. Leyva is considered a master at solving complex layout problems made more difficult by irregular sites and other challenges. Following are highlights of selected current projects by Ismael Leyva Architects: The twin towers of this ILA-designed 523-unit luxury residential project will bring new life to a languishing lan·guish intr.v. lan·guished, lan·guish·ing, lan·guish·es 1. To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor. 2. part of Jersey City, as well as a tower-top restaurant, light rail station, parking and retail mall. ILA is the architect for the 203-condominium, 600,000 sf residential component of this major urban redevelopment project located at Columbus Circle Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, it is located at the intersection of Broadway, Central Park West, Central Park South (59th (the overall design was created by David M. Childs of Skidmore Owings & Merrill.) ILA is leading the design team on the redevelopment of more than one-million sf of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval administrative and mail processing facilities in the landmarked James A. Farley Building (Manhattan General Post Office). The entire project's ALA-award winning design by Skidmore Owings & Merrill will also include a dramatic new Pennsylvania Station. ILA is designing a new seventy-story tower in Chicago that will include a hotel with dining, conference, and recreational facilities and large luxury condominiums. On a jungle mountain top in Costa Rica, ILA is designing a single-family home that will face an opposing cliff, and a gigantic cascading waterfall. Instead of having conventional walls and roof, the home will consist of a swooping tensile fabric structure. The project includes careful planning to limit its environmental impact and make up for the lack of public services such as roads, water, and power. The floor plans Ismael Leyva created for this 95-unit 32-story luxury condominium project on Manhattan's E. 65th St. have been compared in The New York Times to those of Rosario Candela. Robert A.M. Stern designed the building's envelope. ILA is designing the floor plans of the sky-bound luxury condominium residences on the 48th through 70th floor of this project. Leyva has used clever layouts to ensure that 75% of the residences in the building have unobstructed Central Park views. Bertelsmann Random House will occupy new headquarters in the base of the tower. Ismael Leyva Architects' portfolio also includes residential/commercial mixed use projects at W. 20th St. and Seventh Avenue (with Robert A.M. Stern) and 23rd St. and Tenth Avenue. |
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