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AOL Time Warner Center by SOMThe design of AOL Time Warner Center in New York is motivated by programmatic requirements as well as the unique context of its surroundings.
The design alludes to twin residential towers lining Central Park West - the Century, the Majestic, the San Remo, and the El Dorado.
AOL Time Warner Center consists of several distinct forms that moderate the scale of the project and allow light and air to filter through the building, reaching the streets and park below.
The building rises from a stone and glass base containing the retail and studio components.
Two glass trapezoidal towers set atop the podium rise to a height of 750 feet and culminate in luminous glass and steel crowns.
The towers house the headquarters for AOL Time Warner in the lower floors, a Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and One Central Park luxury condominiums, located from the fifty-second to the eightieth floors.
The design is defined by the overlap of three of Manhattan's most significant urban constituents - the city grid, Broadway, and Central Park.
The Manhattan grid, or more specifically 59th Street, is reflected in the project on two levels.
First, it is recreated within a 150-foot transparent glass cable net wall.
With a retail street at the base of the project and Jazz @ Lincoln Center performance lobby situated above.
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