The Blue Condominium | |
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Alternative names | Blue Tower |
General information | |
Type | Residential |
Location | Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City |
Address | 105 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°43′06″N 73°59′15″W / 40.71845°N 73.98739°W |
Completed | 2007 |
Cost | US$17 million |
Client | Angelo Consentini and John Carson |
Height | 169 feet (52 m) |
Technical details | |
Structural system | cast-in-place concrete |
Floor count | 16 |
Floor area | 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) residential, 3,000 square feet (280 m2) commercial |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Bernard Tschumi with SLCE Architects |
Structural engineer | Thornton Tomasetti Engineers |
Other designers | Arc Consultants, Inc. (code), Israel Berger & Associates, Inc. (curtain wall consultant), Ettinger Engineers (MEP engineer) |
Main contractor | On the Level Enterprises, Inc. |
Website | |
Official website |
The Blue Condominium, also known as the Blue Tower, is located in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City at 105 Norfolk Street. Designed by Bernard Tschumi, it is his first residential and first high-rise structure. At 16 stories tall, it opened in 2007 with 32 condominium apartments, a ground floor commercial space occupied by the Thierry Goldberg Gallery, and a third floor roof terrace for residents. Commercial at the ground floor with residential above is a common method of programming space in urban residential projects. The tower is not LEED certified. The faceted pixelated form, a reaction to the zoning and set back requirements, is clad in a blue panel and window curtain wall system, contrasting with the low rise brick buildings that typify the neighborhood.[1]