| One Madison | |
|---|---|
 2013 street view to the southeast | |
 Interactive map of One Madison | |
| Former names | The Saya One Madison Park |
| General information | |
| Type | Residentialcondominium |
| Location | 23East 22nd Street,Manhattan,New York City, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°44′26″N73°59′17″W / 40.7406°N 73.9880°W /40.7406; -73.9880 |
| Construction started | 2006 |
| Topped-out | 2010[2] |
| Completed | 2013 |
| Landlord | Consortium ofcreditors |
| Height | 621 feet (189 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Shear walled frame[1] |
| Floor count | 60 (51 units) |
| Floor area | 16,763 m2 (180,440 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | CetraRuddy |
| Other designers | Rem Koolhaas Yabu Pushelberg (interiors) |
| Website | |
| related.com/properties/one-madison | |
| References | |
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One Madison is a luxury residentialcondominium tower located on23rd Street betweenBroadway andPark Avenue South, at the southern end ofMadison Avenue, across fromMadison Square Park in theFlatiron District ofManhattan, New York City. The building's official address and mainlobby entrance is at 23East 22nd Street, rather than at1 Madison Avenue; there is no public entrance on 23rd Street.
The building as constructed has 51 residential units across 60 stories. Construction started in 2006, and ittopped out during 2010, but it remained incomplete for another three years due to financial difficulties. At a height of 621 feet (189.3 m), One Madison is one of the slenderest buildings in the world, with aheight-to-width ratio of 12:1.
Although much of the area nearby is included in various historic districts – such as theLadies' Mile Historic District,Gramercy Park Historic District, andMadison Square North Historic District – the location of One Madison is not, enabling the building to be constructed "as of right" with the transfer ofair rights from the shorter buildings that surround the site.
When the building was originally announced, it was to be 47 stories and calledThe Saya. The name was changed toOne Madison Park around the time that construction began in 2006 and then toOne Madison after it was taken over by theRelated Companies. The building as constructed has 60 stories.[4]
By April 2010, the building had topped out but was still not complete, having run into financial difficulties. Sales of residential units had stopped, but the appointment of areceiver on April 15 allowed sales to start again.[5] The building continued to be mired in financial and legal problems,[6] including multiplelawsuits and allegations offraud,[7] and was forced intobankruptcy by some of itscreditors in June 2010.[8]
At one point, a 22-story building designed by noted architectRem Koolhaas was to be the building's "companion" on22nd Street,[9] but later plans called for an 11-story building designed byCetraRuddy, the firm that designed One Madison; although at the time construction began in January 2013, permits had reportedly been issued for a 6-story building,[10] which will include the entrance lobby and two duplex apartments.[9] The companion building, designed byBKSK Architects to feature aterracotta andglass facade,[4] will be the primary entrance to the building.[11]
By 2013, ownership of the building had passed to aconsortium of creditors, including the Related Companies, theCIM Group, andHFZ Capital Group, who completed construction and resumed sales that year.[4][8][12][13] As of February 2014[update], seventy-five percent of the building's units had been sold.[14]
The building was designed by the architectural firm CetraRuddy.[15] It features 360-degree views and contains 53 residential units,[4] topped by a 6,850-square-foottriplexpenthouse with a 586-square-foot wraparoundterrace.[16]
The building's first five stories contain service and commercial spaces on the ground floor, above which aremechanical spaces and the building's amenities. These five floors act as a base for the building's tower, which is partlycantilevered over an existing three-story building to the east.[1]
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The cross-section of One Madison's tower is 50 ft x 53 ft (15.25 m x 16.15 m), which makes it, at the height of 621 feet (189.3 m), one of the slenderest buildings in New York City; itsheight-to-width ratio is 12:1. To accommodate the architectural design of the building, which called for windows on all sides,lateral bracing that would normally be placed around the tower's perimeter is located in the center in acruciform shape, creating internalshear walls in an optimal configuration. To cope with lateral winds and potentialseismicforces, the shear walls were made withhigh-performance concrete. One Madison also utilizes atuned liquid damping system on the roof consisting of three U-shapedreinforced concrete tanks full of water. These counter the building's lateral motion by about 3%.[1]
When Related Companies took control of One Madison, about half of the units were finished, with interiors designed by CetraRuddy, thearchitecture firm that designed the building's exterior. For the remaining apartments, which were in various states of completion, the new owners hired theinterior design firmYabu Pushelberg, which also created the interiors of the new main lobby and theamenity spaces, and hired thelightingdesign firm Cooley Monato Studio who developedarchitectural lighting of the apartments, the main lobby, the amenity spaces, and exterior facade.[17]
Rem Koolhaas designed the interiors of many of the condominium's originally planned amenities, which included a privatescreening room, an upscale restaurant run by chefCharlie Trotter,[18] aspa and fitness room, and awine cellar.[7] After the building came under Related's control, the amenities were announced as including a lounge and screening room, privatedining room, afitness center and a room foryoga, a 50-foot (15 m)lap pool andsteam room, and a playroom for children. A full-timedoorman is enhanced withconcierge service.[19]
NFLquarterbackTom Brady and hissupermodel wifeGisele Bündchen own one $14-million suite and rent out a similar apartment in One Madison.[20][21]Peter Buffett, son ofWarren Buffett, used to live in One Madison.[22]Fredrik Eklund, a noted New York City realtor, author ofThe Sell,[23] and a principal in the reality TV seriesMillion Dollar Listing New York, used to rent at One Madison,[24] but had moved out by 2016.[25]
News Corp chairmanRupert Murdoch bought the building's triplex penthouse and another full-floor apartment below it for a total of $57.3 million in February 2014.[14][26] The original asking price for the penthouse was $45 million,[27] and was originally announced as including a butler with his own one-bedroom apartment on a lower floor.[18] Prior to Related's takeover of the building, the penthouse was under contract for $32 million, but that deal never closed.[4]
Nicolai Ouroussoff, thearchitecturecritic forThe New York Times, called One Madison Park "a dazzling addition to a street that includes two of the city’s most celebrated skyscrapers:Pierre LeBrun’s 1909Metropolitan Life Tower, across the street, andDaniel Burnham's 1903Flatiron Building, a half block west. It jolts the neighborhood into the present."[15] In theNew York Observer, Dana Rubinstein wrote that the tower was "not ugly", but that "in its overpowering, hubristic way, kind of pretty."[7] Architect Dan Kaplan is quoted on aWall Street Journal weblog as saying that the building is an "elegant, thin stalk", and represents a continuation of a long-held vision of Manhattan. Kaplan does say, however, that thesliver building "turn[s] its back, a little bit, on the park".[28] Architect Gordon Gill, of the firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, say of the building that it was "Simply a unique and elegant solution derived without relying on excessive form making to create an 'identity' for itself."[1]
In 2014, the building received the Architizer A+ Jury Award for Residential High Rise.[29] Since 2013, it has been part of the "Sky High & the Logic of Luxury" exhibition at theSkyscraper Museum inLower Manhattan.[30]
When he is not in front of the camera, writing or selling, Mr. Eklund likes to relax with his husband, Derek Kaplan, 41, an abstract painter, and their miniature dachshunds, Mini Mouse and Fritzy, who all live in a three-bedroom loft in TriBeCa.
