Films

Building Know-How: Skybridge

This piece introduces the skybridge at 626 First Avenue in New York City, and explains the feats of engineering and planning that helped it take shape.

American Copper Buildings

Manhattan

Copper

Building Know-How: Facade Innovation

JDS documents the complex facade installation process for the tower of 111 West 57th Street, one of the tallest towers in manhattan and most slender residential skyscrapers in the world.

Building Know-How: Facades

A new building’s facade requires a complex, international dance of fabricators and supply chains in order to take shape above a city's skyline

Building Know-How: Craft

Learn about the craftsmanship of the interiors of 111 West 57th Street, designed by Studio Sofield

111 West 57th St

Manhattan

Building Know-How: Restoration

Ralph Walker: Architect of the Century

Walker Tower

Stella Tower

Manhattan

Stella Tower Crown Restoration

JDS documents the painstaking process of recreating the Art Deco ornament that completes Stella Tower’s conversion

Stella Tower

Restoration

Manhattan

Interview: Jean Nouvel on Monad Terrace

Hear from Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel about his vision for Monad Terrace in this interview presented by Surface Studios and JDS.

Building Know-How: Terra Cotta

In this film, “Building Know-How: Terra-Cotta,” JDS Development documents the step by step process of creating and installing individual terra-cotta blocks for The Fitzroy

Baltic Timelapse

This time-lapse video shows the labor-intensive construction process at high speed, illustrating how much planning and preparation is required even before the foundation is laid.

Baltic

Brooklyn

Brick

Sky High and the Logic of Luxury: 111 West 57th St – The Skyscraper Museum

Skyscraper Museum Director Carol Willis moderates a panel discussion with the team behind 111 West 57th Street

First Look: Baltic

Surface Studios and JDS present a first look at Baltic Park Slope

Baltic

Brooklyn