| Kips Bay Towers | |
|---|---|
 North Building (2010) | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | 30th Street to 33rd Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue New York, NY, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°44′34″N 73°58′33″W / 40.74278°N 73.97583°W |
| Opening | 1960 (south tower), 1965 (north tower)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 20 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | I.M. Pei, S. J. Kessler and James Ingo Freed |
| Developer | Webb & Knapp |
| Structural engineer | August Komendant[2][3] |
| Main contractor | Webb & Knapp Construction Corporation[4] |
Kips Bay Towers is a 1,118-unit, two-building condominium complex in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965.[1] Originally known as Kips Bay Plaza, the project was developed by Webb & Knapp as middle-income rental apartments, but was converted to condominiums in the mid-1980s.[5]
The complex occupies an area of three city blocks, or approximately 7.5 acres (3.0 ha), bounded by First and Second avenues and East 30th and 33rd streets and includes two residential high-rise buildings each with 20 floors. Additionally, there is a three-acre private garden between the two towers featuring landscaped lawns as well as recreational spaces. Kips Bay Towers is home to more than 4,000 residents.[6]
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- ^ Friedman, Donald (2010). Historical Building Construction: Design, Materials, and Technology (2nd ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 227. ISBN 9780393732689. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Google Books.
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