Designed by Della Valle Bernheimer, New York, the unique cladding animates the 11-story Manhattan condominium building as it reflects the ever-changing play of light, the seasons and vibrant Manhattan surroundings. The building design called for a singular façade of glass along with irregularly punched stainless steel panels. The form and surface of the 54,000-square-foot (5,017-m2) building uses images derived from the steam trains that previously rode along the adjacent High Line tracks.
Todrin Laser Industries, Lakeville, Mass., was challenged to emboss 36- by 60-inch (914- by 1,524-mm) stainless-steel sheets with symmetrical rows of raised diamond shapes across the entire sheet surface. Raw stainless-steel panels with a No. 4 finish were stamped with a computer-controlled turret punch from Mate Precision Tooling, Anoka, Minn.
The embossed metal panels were used on the embossed stainless-steel rainscreen curtainwall system made by Architectural Glazing Technologies, Waterboro, Maine, and the mega panel system created by International Exterior Fabricators, Calverton, N.Y.
245 Tenth Ave. is expected to be complete in November. Goshow Architects, New York City, is the executive architect and J. Petrocelli Contracting Inc., Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is the builder.
