Alongside Bjarke Ingels’ XI towers (The Eleventh) next to the High Line, and Frank Ghery’s 1996 Dancing House in the Czech Republic, The American Copper Buildings, designed by SHoP Architects, is a building that appears as if it is dancing. The pair of copper-clad skyscrapers both kink at the halfway mark and connect with one…
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SHoP Architects has just completed a pair of residential skyscrapers, one standing 41 stories and the other standing 48 stories; clad in copper and bent in a striking silhouette, they are connected by an innovative skybridge perched over 90 meters above the ground. The American Copper Buildings on Manhattan’s East River waterfront, built by JDS…
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JDS Development Group and architect Jean Nouvel carefully considered the impact of rising sea levels when they created the new Miami luxury tower Monad Terrace. The project, which marks Nouvel’s first residential contribution to the Florida landscape, will be built nearly 12 feet above sea level to protect the building and its 59 residences from…
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Monad Terrace, the new Miami luxury tower designed by Jean Nouvel in partnership with JDS Development Group, will be built 11.5 feet above sea level—nearly twice the minimum height required by the latest Miami building codes. As such, the tower, which is also Nouvel’s first residential building in Florida, will be able to accommodate an…
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JDS Development and SHoP Architects are pushing boundaries with the unique design of the American Copper Buildings. Inspired by the Statue of Liberty and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, it consists of two copper-clad structures that bend away from one another while being linked by an amenities-rich skybridge. Described as “dancing” towers, the American Copper…
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