56 Leonard Street
- Architect
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Year
- 2016
- City
- Manhattan, NY
56 Leonard Street, nicknamed the Jenga Building for its stacked, cantilevered form, is an 821-foot, 57-story skyscraper in Tribeca designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, which described it as "houses stacked in the sky." Completed in 2017, it is the tallest structure in Tribeca.
the building
A stalled tower. Alexico Group's Izak Senbahar purchased the land and air rights in 2007 from the New York Law School for $150 million, and construction began that year. Foundation work started in 2008 but was halted before year's end, and the project sat idle for nearly four years before resuming in October 2012, backed by a $350 million loan syndicate led by Bank of America in 2013.
the style
The building is an example of high-tech architecture, expressed through its stacked, jutting massing of individual house-like volumes.
More on Structuralism / High-Techthe architect
Herzog & de Meuron, the Swiss architecture firm, designed 56 Leonard Street.
significance
By May 2013 the building was 70% sold, reaching 92% within seven months according to developer Izak Senbahar. In June 2013, a penthouse went into contract for $47 million, making it the most expensive residential property ever sold below Midtown Manhattan.
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