Leonard 56 // Herzog & DeMeuron called this building ‘houses stacked in the sky’; furthermore, the building was nicknamed JENGA for its resemblance to a board game, due to the presence of cantilevered balconies. With these articulated surfaces, dramatic overhangs, profiled slab edges, profusion of balconies, expanses of glass, and views from downtown Manhattan to the Atlantic Ocean, Herzog & de Meuron’s 56 Leonard Street breaks the old image of the skyscraper as an elegant and hermetic urban object, and instead proposes a new alternative that is reflective, bold, and ultimately dazzling: the iconic American skyscraper reimagined as a pixelated vertical layering of individually sculpted, highly personalised and beautiful private residences that open up to the atmosphere. The tower houses 145 residences, each with a unique floor plan and private outdoor space; it is the third tallest residential building in New York. . The final image is by sinarcahaya who I can’t thank enough for keepi...