Four Seasons New York Downtown

The Four Seasons New York Downtown is a Contemporary skyscraper designed between 2007 and 2008 by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, and built between 2013 and 2016, for a reported $700 million dollars, in New York, NY.

Four Seasons New York Downtown is not the only name you might know this building by though. The building is, or has also been known as 30 Park Place.

Its precise street address is 30 Park Place, New York, NY. You can also find it on the map here.

In 2017 the Four Seasons New York Downtown was awarded with the Excellence in Hotel Development Award by the Urban Land Institute in New York State.

Robert A.M. Stern Architects 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 Four Seasons New York Downtown a reality:

• WSP Cantor Seinuk in charge of Structural Engineering
• Tishman Construction as the Main Contractor
• Silverstein Properties as the Main Developer
• WSP Flack + Kurtz in charge of MEP Engineering

The Four Seasons New York Downtown can be categorized as a Contemporary building.

That being said, and even thought being a contemporary building, probably taking advantage of modern materials, construction techniques, and technology, the design of the Four Seasons New York Downtown is inspired by the art-deco style.

The Four Seasons New York Downtown uses a frame structure made of concrete columns and concrete, steel slabs.

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 modular, or panelized system. This type of facade can function as either a window wall or a curtain wall, depending on the design. Unlike traditional glass curtain walls or window walls though, the modular facade is not primarily composed of glass. Instead, it often features more opaque panels that mimic masonry or stone-clad finishes, with smaller windows cut into the panels.

This type of facade allows the building to benefit from the modern qualities of a curtain wall while giving the design team flexibility to achieve visual aesthetics beyond the all-glass modern skyscraper.

From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features limestone and precast concrete covering the tower up to the top full-floor penthouses and setback terraces. The windows are arranged in symmetrical patterns..

Other materials found at the Four Seasons New York Downtown include, oak, used in panels that adorn the arrival and elevator lobbies, as well as the bar room and lockers, and walnut, used in panels that adorn the arrival and elevator lobbies, as well as the bar room and lockers.