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520 West 28th finalist in the AZ Awards 2019

520 West 28th, New York City has been selected as a finalist for the AZ Awards 2019.

Launched in 2011 by AZURE magazine, the AZ Awards recognises excellence and innovation in design, and showcases the world’s best projects, products and ideas.

There is a powerful urban dynamic between the streets of New York and the High Line, a layered civic realm that has developed over generations and in many iterations. 520 West 28th conveys this contextual relationship, applying new ideas and concepts to create the latest evolution of the site’s rich history.

The split levels of the design define varied living spaces and echo the multiple layers of civic space on 28th Street and the High Line.

These split levels are expressed within the interlocking chevrons of 520 West 28th’s hand-crafted steel façade which carries the spirit of Chelsea’s industrial past; its detailed workmanship continues the venerable tradition within New York’s historic architecture of enhancing the public realm.

Designed and constructed with a practiced understanding of material qualities and manufacturing techniques, the façade conveys the attention to detail evident throughout 520 West 28th—brushed and tinted by hand to resonate with the adjacent structures of the High Line and its neighbourhood.

Within an established community of over 350 art galleries that has seen the High Line’s transformation from abandoned freight rail line to public park, 520 West 28th embodies a commitment to uphold the distinctive character of its neighbourhood; creating a building with its own architectural presence, yet very much of its surroundings.

AZ awards People’s Choice portal is now open, inviting the public to vote for their favourite project. Voting ends on 3 May 2019 and the winner revealed at the AZ Awards Gala on 21 June 2019.

Vote for 520 West 28th here

Photograph by Hufton+Crow