The 99 Hudson Street Building is a Contemporary skyscraper designed in 2014 by Perkins Eastman, and built between 2016 and 2020 in Jersey City, NJ.
Its precise street address is 99 Hudson Street, Jersey City, NJ. You can also find it on the map here.
Perkins Eastman was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design.
That being said, architecture is a complex discipline involving many professionals from different fields, without whom this building would have not been possible. We will surely be leaving out a lot of names here, but here is a list of the people we do know also played their part in making the 99 Hudson Street Building a reality:
The 99 Hudson Street Building can be categorized as a Contemporary building.
Contemporary style architecture builds on top of the principles of Modernism and Postmodernism, but incorporates other variables which might not have been that important in the past, but certainly are today, such as technology, sustainability, inclusivity, and others.
From a historical point of view, it is hard to categorize things from a not-so-distant time, and therefore we choose to categorize most buildings built after the year 2000 as "Contemporary". It is possible that as time goes by and we, as a society, gain perspective on the things happening today, we'll be able to look back and recategorize all these buildings into more concrete subsections, some of which might not even exist today.
The 99 Hudson Street Building reaches an architectural height of 899ft (274m). It has a total of 79 floors, served by 12 elevators.
In regards to parking space, the building has a total of 609 spots available, which roughly equals 8 spots per floor (above ground).
Ever since opening its doors to the public in 2020, the 99 Hudson Street Building has mainly been used as Residential space.
In addition to the residences, the building features 1,400 square meters of retail space in its 9-story podium, along with a similar area dedicated to public spaces.
Residents have access to a gym, a golf simulator, a rooftop garden, and a heated pool on the 8th floor, as well as private cabanas, barbecue areas, and a children's play area.
Pedestrian plazas and open spaces occupy an additional 710 square meters.
The 99 Hudson Street Building has a total of 781 residential units throughout its 79 floors. If you are interested in learning more about the residences and their availability, you can check the 99 Hudson Street Building's website.
The 99 Hudson Street Building uses a frame structure made of reinforced concrete columns and beams.
A frame structure uses a combination of beams and columns to sustain the building's weight. The walls in this case are non-load bearing, which allows for more flexibility when distributing the interior spaces.
The facade uses a non-load bearing curtain wall system. This means the curtain wall modules are anchored to the building's structural frame, typically by being attached to the edge of the floor slabs. The curtain wall system connects to the slabs using brackets, anchors, and mullions, which transfer the loads imposed by wind and temperature changes, to the building's primary structural elements.
This setup allows the curtain wall to accommodate differential movement between the facade and the structural frame, such as thermal expansion, floor deflection, or sway from wind forces. This system's integration with the slab edges also allows for continuous insulation and weatherproofing layers.
The mechanical floors are located above the penthouses, enclosed by a metal and glass structure.
The core of 99 Hudson rises along the western elevation and extends above the roof parapet, but it is concealed by the glass crown
From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features blue-tineted reflective glass and warm-toned Jura limestone creating a vertical striped pattern. As the building rises, the vertical stone lines gradually narrow, giving way to wider glass panels.
