56 Leonard Street
Encyclopedia
56 Leonard Street is a 796ft (243m) tall skyscraper under construction in New York City
, United States
. It is designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron
and will be located on Leonard Street (Manhattan)
in Tribeca
and have 58 floors. The building is described by the architects as "houses stacked in the sky."
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is designed by the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH is a Swiss architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland in 1978. The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog , and Pierre de Meuron , closely paralleled one another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of...
and will be located on Leonard Street (Manhattan)
Leonard Street (Manhattan)
Leonard Street is a street in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Manhattan.-Notable buildings:* 66 Leonard Street* 85 Leonard Street...
in Tribeca
TriBeCa
Tribeca is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York in the United States. Its name is an acronym based on the words "Triangle below Canal Street", and is properly bounded by Canal Street, West Street, Broadway, and Vesey Street...
and have 58 floors. The building is described by the architects as "houses stacked in the sky."
External links
- Upside Downtown, Katherine Dykstra, The New York Post October 23, 2008.
- Building status at the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center.