125 West 57th Street leverages its privileged site on Billionaire's Row, adjacent to Central Park, to establish the next generation of boutique office buildings. As a hybrid building that shares a podium with the historic Calvary Baptist Church congregation's new home, the design creates a synergy between its two programmatic components, providing each with a unique yet harmonious identity. The church occupies a street front presence on the building's lower floors, while the open and flexible office floors start higher in the building stack to maximize Central Park views and offer outdoor terraces.
The facade merges technology and craft with artful and expressive composition of vertical, bronze-colored fins, resulting in a lively and human-scaled presence on this storied Manhattan street. With a high-performance triple-glazed system, the facade maximizes views without compromising thermal comfort.
