Aiming to preserve and renew 1014 Fifth Avenue for modern use, the Chipperfield team collaborated virtually across the Atlantic with New York-based KARO Architects, the Paratus Group, and other design consultants. Their proposal envisions a more welcoming Fifth Avenue entrance, a transparent rear façade, and multiple outdoor spaces. A light-filled, two-story-high common room on the third level would connect the public program areas in the lower half of the building with residential spaces above. The proposed redesign would also improve the building’s energy performance, accessibility, and life safety features.  

Presented here are the team’s original competition boards as well as newly produced media elaborating on the design concept, which remains in development and may require further adjustments prior to construction.    

Concept drawing by David Chipperfield Architects.