American Copper Buildings

American Copper: Master Planning

Simon Koster, principal of JDS Development Group, and Gregg Pasquarelli, a principal of SHoP Architects discuss the drive and inspiration behind American Copper Buildings’ design.

Copper

Manhattan

SHoP

American Copper: On The Face Of It

Engineer Markus Wilmers of BuroHappold and architect Ayumi Sugiyama of SHoP Architects explain how the eye-catching exteriors of the American Copper Buildings took shape.

American Copper Buildings

American Copper: Natural Evolution

JDS and SCAPE Landscape Architecture explain how the American Copper Buildings sit on the threshold of the urban and natural worlds, right in the heart of Manhattan

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Architecture review: The American Copper Buildings, NYC’s performance art project

The American Copper Buildings have frequently been compared to a dancing couple. Although that may sound romantic, the buildings’ unique design stems from a far less romantic source: an odd-shaped site.

The Real Deal

American Copper Buildings

CTBUH reveals best tall building worldwide and winners of 2018 tall building awards

The American Copper Buildings in New York City took home the title for Best Tall Building Americas.

American Copper Buildings

SHoP

Arch Daily

New York architects ditch “default” glass facades for brick, stone and copper

Architects in New York are returning to stone and other solid-looking materials to cover their towers, after years of glass dominating skyscraper construction in the city.

American Copper Buildings

Dezeen

Manhattan

Exploring American Copper Buildings’ Three-Story Skybridge

Two dancing NYC towers connected at the hip by a pool with exquisite views

American Copper Buildings

SHoP

These over-the-top pools jut out mid-air, offering breathtaking views

A bridge three stories tall connects two residential apartment towers with an enclosed pool dangling mid-air at American Copper Buildings in Manhattan.

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Sun Sentinel

Two New Buildings Break Free of the Glass Straitjacket

American Copper Buildings intimate a less transparent future, in which the ancient joys of texture, shadow, depth, and local character mix with unmistakably contemporary design.

New York Magazine

American Copper Buildings

The Fitzroy

How SHoP is Re-thinking Skyscraper Design and Transforming New York’s Skyline in the Process

Featured SHoP buildings highlight several of the dynamic conversations taking shape within the realm of skyscraper design, as issues of extreme height, massing, historic preservation, and environmental performance play out across the the world’s evolving skylines.

Archinect

SHoP

The Brooklyn Tower

American Copper Buildings

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