Mexican architect Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos have unveiled their design for Cassa, a hotel and residential tower in New York City.
Here’s some info from the architects:
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Cassa Hotel: Cassa is located in mid-town Manhattan, at 70 West 45th Street, two blocks north of Bryant Park.
This tower is a dramatic architectural statement, using its windows and their punctured rhythm to become the facade’s only ornaments, distinguishing it from the more conventional glass and stone edifices of New York’s midtown.
Cassa’s program mixes public and private: combining restaurant and bar with boutique Hotel and luxury Condominiums that share a common triple height lobby.
The resulting design allows the two to co-exist while functioning independently.
The tower itself is delicately proportioned, resulting from the small site and slender floor plate, like an Obelisk marking the site.
Above: lobby desk
Above: lobby entrance
Above: lobby terrace
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
March 20th, 2009 at 12:14 am
Dull and stereotypical… Is there no more creative thinking? Why has this trend repeated it self so many times?
March 20th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Horrid Visualisation . . .
March 20th, 2009 at 7:34 am
the spaces are so boring and the street level entrance is awfully…sealed. the renderings are also a bit awful with only supermodels and weird shadows. ten shouldve hired me when i gave them the chance.
March 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am
why not, another pencil on a big foot. please publish some floor plans.
March 20th, 2009 at 9:00 am
This tower is a dramatic architectural statement
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of what exactly?
March 20th, 2009 at 9:13 am
ufff, that’s a quite dramatical architectural statement indeed
March 20th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I have seen lots of buildings with irregular placed windows lately, so if thats the thing which makes it distinguished I’m not very implessed.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
new york is losing it big time mama…
March 20th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I quite like TEN’s work in Mexico, but this terrible…..
March 21st, 2009 at 8:09 am
enough with the irregular placed windows ..at least irregularity can be used when different perspectives, contexts and landscapes are there given different experiences..
March 21st, 2009 at 9:33 am
I though TEN arquitectos was the same as Enrique Norten
Taller de Enrique Norten (TEN) = Enrique Norten
may I`m wrong but you should check the title
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:45 am
meh.
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
How could this make a story here is a beyond question,.. not a top notch project, rather…
March 23rd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Is it just me or has Enrique sort of dropped the ball some time ago… None of his last proyects seem to have much content…
March 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
the new renderings for this building are sooo sad. gone is the open lattice windows which seemed quite nice. now its another boring building, it won’t stand out at all.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:09 am
This design is ridiculousness… in fact, it is difficult to see it as a design, as the concept is so bleak and uninteresting