American Copper Buildings

Property Type:: Multi-family residential
Construction Type:: New Construction
Year Built:: 2017
Square Footage:: +/- 896,000 GSF
Height:: 546 ft
Phase:: Active Rentals; americancopper.nyc

American Copper is one of the first post-Hurricane Sandy, designed and built, large-scale new construction projects in New York City. The American Copper Buildings presents two bold and dynamic, twisting towers that lean and bend into an unconventional and modern silhouette on New York City’s skyline. The three-story skybridge, perched 300 feet in the air, connects the two towers and creates the communal heart of the property through its robust amenity program, including the iconic Skybridge pool.

But it’s the north and south faces that observers remember, in part because they make the building feel like an old analog photo emerging from the chemical bath.
Justin Davidson, New Yorker

Hear from Gregg Pasquarelli from SHoP Architects and more residents about living in The American Copper Buildings

They look the way Robert Moses might have envisioned them after a few days at Burning Man.
Surface Magazine

A living finish of copper patinas over time, like the Statue of Liberty

Pan up the copper facade

The New York skyline is never short of surprises, but a copper-clad, three-storey, 100-ft-long skybridge adjoining two twisting towers is stretching it, even for the city that never sleeps.
Wallpaper Magazine

The first step in building the three-story Skybridge was throwing a piece of string from one building to another. Two enormous trusses make up the bridge, weighing 34,000 pounds and 30,000 pounds, respectively. In addition to providing the residential lounge and iconic lap pool—where one can swim from one tower to another—the bridge is functional and efficient, transferring the electric and condenser water from one tower to another.

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A robust amenity program housed inside the skybridge, connects the east and west residential towers of The American Copper Buildings

From the exterior, the bridge reads as an aluminum volume. At night, lights along the bridge wash the surface of the aluminum mesh and allow the bridge to glow and “float.”

From the interior, the fine aluminum mesh allows for unimpeded views to the Manhattan skyline and the East River and beyond.

Rooftop

Landscaped rooftop with pool and outdoor shower
Sky bar and open air lounge
Rooftop dining and grilling

Skybridge

75 ft Skybridge lap pool and whirlpool
Skybridge lounge
Skybridge bar
Chef’s catering kitchen
Juice and health bar
Children’s playroom
Empire studio
Marble Hammam with plunge pool
Private spa and treatment rooms
Double-height fitness center with climbing wall
Private locker rooms
Pilates studio
Dynamic-energy studio

Ground Level

Sheltered porte cochère and on-site parking with valet services
Bicycle storage
Resident storage
Stroller valet
East tower restaurant and coffee bar
SCAPE designed garden park and fountain
Direct access to Ferry

JDS was committed to investing in really high quality materials through the whole building and that has proven to be really important. in the way it feels every day.
Gregg Pasquarelli, SHoP Architects