The 96th floor penthouse at the top of the building sold in 2016 for nearly $88 million to a company representing the Saudi retail magnate Fawaz Alhokair. The building, a slender tower that critics have likened to a middle finger because of its contentious height, is mostly sold out, with a projected value of $3.1 billion. The tower is segmented into 12-story blocks separated by open double-story mechanical spaces that allow wind gusts to pass through the building. The disputes at 432 Park also highlight a rarely seen view of New York’s so-called Billionaire’s Row, a stretch of supertall towers near Central Park that redefined the city skyline, and where the identities of virtually all the buyers were concealed by shell companies.
The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks (Original post) pstokely: Feb 2021: OP: Whew, almost bought a condo there. Engineers privy to some of the disputes say many of the same issues are occurring quietly in other new towers. The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks. 161K subscribers in the urbanplanning community. The first, audible creaking and groaning, seems to be. Less than a decade after a spate of record-breaking condo towers reached new heights in New York, the first reports of defects and complaints are beginning to emerge, raising concerns that some of the construction methods and materials used have not lived up to the engineering breakthroughs that only recently enabled 1,000-foot-high trophy apartments. Generally shape and orientation of the building are determined on the basis of architectural and practical considerations, but the wind-induced excitations. The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks : r/urbanplanning. Wind-induced movement can cause two other significant problems that affect a buildings usability.
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