Real Estate Weekly

SHoP Founders Take Next Leap in Modular Construction

SHoP Architects founders Bill and Chris Sharples have unveiled the first apartment unit built by their next generation modular construction company, Assembly OSM. The one-bedroom unit has been built using digital design technology combined with advanced manufacturing techniques developed in collaboration with auto and aerospace engineers with decades of leadership experience at Boeing, SpaceX and Tesla.

NY YIMBY

Construction Continues at FIT’s New Academic Building

Excavation and foundation work are progressing at 220 West 28th Street, site of Fashion Institute of Technology‘s New Academic Building in the Garment District of Chelsea. Designed by SHoP Architects, the ten-story, 110,000-square-foot structure will rise from a slender rectangular plot between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

The Real Deal

Modular Construction Firm Founded by SHoP Principals Unveils First Apartment

The premise involves approaching building more like assembling a car, airplane or even a spaceship, with greater transparency around materials, labor, quality, timelines and cost than in traditional real estate development. To deliver on that, the company has tapped engineering talent from the likes of Tesla, SpaceX and Boeing.

Architecture AU

World’s Tallest Hybrid Timber Tower Approved

SHoP Architects and BVN’s $1 billion tower for Australian tech company Atlassian has been approved. Billed as the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower when it was first unveiled in 2020, the 39-storey Sydney tower will house Atlassian’s global headquarters from level seven up, while levels one through six will used for the Railway Square YHA backpacker’s accommodation. The tower will be defined by an “extroverted expression of wood and plants framed by a crenelated exterior façade,” according to the architects.

Florida YIMBY

Work Begins at Miami’s One Southside Park

Designed by New York City-based SHoP Architects, the project is expected to give way to two 773-foot-tall joint towers yielding over 1,100 multifamily units, nearly 200,000 square feet of Class A office space, a 189-key Treehouse Hotel, several high-end amenities and a 32,000-square-foot fire house.

SF Yimby

YouTube Reveals New SHoP-designed HQ

The San Bruno City Council has approved plans for Google to expand YouTube’s headquarters with over two million square feet of office space, potential housing, shops, and a hotel as part of the Bayhill Specific Plan. The project will extend across five separate phases. Phase one starts with nearly 500,000 square feet of SHoP-designed offices.

The Urban Developer

Atlassian HQ Wins Approvals in Sydney

Atlassian will move ahead with plans to build a $1-billion-plus tower next to Central Station in Sydney after winning approval for its plans. The design of the tower would achieve high sustainability outcomes for climatic control as well as the use of mass timber.

PBS

111 West 57th Street is an “Impossible Build”

Witness the construction of the skinniest skyscraper ever to make it off the drawing board. Located in New York and rising from within a landmarked building the team will attempt to build the world’s thinnest skyscraper on the construction equivalent of a postage stamp.

Design Voice

Striving for the Extraordinary

In this episode we talk with Angelica Trevino Baccon about what it was like having a baby during the pandemic, how growing up in Monterrey, Mexico influenced the way Angelica views cities and spaces, what the future of work and workspaces will be like, thinking about architecture as experiences rather than iconic forms, leveraging technology to demystify the design process for clients and the patience and perseverance required to be an architect.

Forbes

Landmark To Luxury: New Yorkers Can Now Reside In Historic Jewels

Steinway Hall was the creation of architectural firm Warren & Welmore, the architects who graced Manhattan with landmarks Grand Central Station, the New York Biltmore Hotel and the Commodore Hotel, now Grand Hyatt New York. SHoP Architects and Studio Sofield have reimagined the historic building, creating a selection of large, light-filled pre-war residences that pay tribute to Midtown’s gilded heritage.