Park Avenue Condominiums - 432
The unmistakable trend in luxury New York real estate: skyscrapers taking over the Manhattan skyline, offering unobstructed panoramas. But what of their architecture? While other buildings “crash unceremoniously into the street,” 432 Park Avenue, the new luxury condominium developed by CIM and Macklowe Properties, is besting its competition, “rising to almost 1,400 feet as a cubic silo of concrete with 10-foot-square windows that punch the exterior. … If it’s finished with finesse…this chest-thumper might be gutsy enough to command the sky.” The mastermind behind this project, architect Rafael Viñoly, will be making his mark on Manhattan upon the building’s completion; it is said to be his most iconic work to date.