Four Seasons Hotel New York

The Four Seasons Hotel New York is a Postmodernist skyscraper designed in 1988 by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with I.M.Pei as lead architect, in association with Frank Williams and Assoc., and built between 1990 and 1993 in New York, NY.

Its precise street address is 57 East 57th Street, New York, NY. You can also find it on the map here.

The Four Seasons Hotel New York has received multiple architecture awards for its architectural design since 1993. The following is a list of such prizes and awards:

• Annual Tucker Award by the Building Stone Institute in 1994
• Award of Merit by the concrete industry association in 1993
• Annual Award by the East side association in 1993
• Five-Star Hotel Award in 2021

In addition to its 368 luxury suites and studios, the hotel features the spectacular Ty Warner Penthouse, the world's most expensive one-bedroom suite, priced at $50,000 per night. The building's owner, Ty Warner, despite not being an architect, was intimately involved in the 2016 renovation. He worked closely with the trades involved and personally selected the materials to be used..

The building underwent a major restoration in 2016. The architect commissioned to undertake this restoration was .

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, with I.M.Pei as the lead architect, was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design, in association with Frank Williams and Assoc..

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 Four Seasons Hotel New York a reality:

• Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers in charge of Structural Engineering
• EIE Regent Av Corporation as the Main Developer
• Jaros, Baum & Bolles in charge of MEP Engineering
• M.I.Pei, Chhada, Siembieda & Partners, and Betty Garber Desing in charge of Interior Design

The Four Seasons Hotel New York can be categorized as a Postmodernist building.

The Four Seasons Hotel New York was completed in 1993. By 1993 the Postmodernism movement was experiencing a transition. Critics argued that Postmodernism, initially a rebellious and innovative style, had become formulaic and commercialized, and so the trend started moving away from blending historical styles, irony, and playful ornamentation, and begun to give way to emerging architectural trends concerned with more present matters such as technology, ecology or sustainability.

The Four Seasons Hotel New York uses a frame structure made of 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 of the building however, is load bearing. This doesn't imply that it is a traditional load-bearing wall. Rather, it means that the structure's exterior pillars have been pushed to the very edges, becoming integrated with the facade, and therefore, technically, a part of it.

From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features light-colored French Magny limestone, inset corners, and numerous setbacks towards the top of the building.

An imposing exterior marquee made of metal and glass at the main entrance, as well as a floor-to-ceiling glass window in the lobby, framed by bronze accents that highlight the glass squares.

Other materials found at the Four Seasons Hotel New York include, onyx, used in the backlit ceilings of the lobby, danish beech wood, found in wall panels, and black granite, seen in the lobby floors.