* Residential Architecture: Manhattan Loft Gardens by SOM
Posted by the editors on Sunday, 17 June 2012
Residential Architecture: Manhattan Loft Gardens by SOM: “..a 135-metre skyscraper by architects SOM full of apartments overlooking the Olympic park [in London, UK]..set to become the tallest building in the area and will contain apartments, a hotel, restaurants and a spa..Three large rooftop gardens will slice into the body of the tower so that upper storeys will be supported on a cantilever, while terracotta louvers will shade the glazed facade..American firm SOM are the architects of the tallest building in the world right now, the Burj Khalifa..”
See our other posts on projects by SOM:
- Architecture: CTF Tianjin Tower by SOM
- Architecture: Diagonal Tower in Yongsan International Business District by SOM
- Architecture: In China: Greenland Group Suzhou Center by SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Design New Building for The New School
image: Courtesy of SOM; article: Dezeen
