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Hindustan Times
17-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
World's tallest apartment building will have 154 floors, living here will cost you...
A new building in Brazil is set to dethrone New York City's Central Park Tower as the world's tallest apartment building with the top floors costing as much as $53 million ( ₹453 crore). According to a New York Post report, the Senna Tower in Brazil which is said to be inspired by the life of Formula 1 racing legend Ayrton Senna, will have a height of over 1,800 feet and 154 floors. The two triplex penthouses on top, spanning 9,700 square feet each, will be priced at a staggering $53 million or ₹453 crore, a giant leap from the original estimate of $15.92 million. The triplexes will be sold by the UK auction house Sotheby's. Ayrton Senna, a three-time world racing champion, tragically died at the age of 34 during 1994's San Marino Grand Prix. His niece and artist Lalalli Senna, helped design the tower to symbolise the motor sports icon's journey. The Senna Tower will have a total of 228 units which include 204 apartments and 18 suspended 'mansions'. However, none of these will come cheap as even the tower's tiniest residences will cost around $5 million. The project is a collaboration between construction company FG Empreendimentos, Senna's family and Brazilian retailer Havan. The estimated investment totals more than $525 million with construction to be completed by 2033. Recently, a penthouse in a "supertall" skyscraper in Manhattan dubbed the world's skinniest skyscraper was put on sale for $110 million. The penthouse consists of a four-floor home or a "quadplex" spanning the 80 to 83 floors of the 1,400-foot-tall building. The building which houses the penthouse is known as the Steinway Tower and was built in 2022. It is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the West with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1.8
CNN
04-04-2025
- Business
- CNN
Penthouse atop world's skinniest skyscraper is now on the market for $110 million
A penthouse of the 'supertall' Manhattan building dubbed the world's skinniest skyscraper has hit the market at $110 million. The four-story home, or 'quadplex,' spans floors 80 to 83 of the 1,428-foot-tall Steinway Tower and overlooks Central Park. With interiors designed by Studio Sofield, the suggested floor plans features an 'entertaining suite' on the first floor, a 'primary suite' on the third floor, while the proposed layout is topped off by a 'crown suite' containing a bar and screening room. In total, the property features five bedrooms, six bathrooms and two terraces, as well as 360-degree views of New York City. Steinway Tower, or 111 West 57th Street, was completed in 2022 on the site once occupied by the historic Steinway & Sons piano company. Designed by SHoP Architects and Studio Sofield, the building is one of the tallest skyscrapers in the Western hemisphere — and the most slender, with a height-to-width ratio of 24:1. The building's design is meant to evoke New York's Gilded Age of the late 19th century, when the city experienced a period of unprecedented wealth and a subsequent boom in skyscraper construction, according to the architects. The vertiginous tower's facade appears to change throughout the day as the color and texture of the terracotta blocks shift in the light. Inside, designers created a sense of opulence with materials such as marble, limestone, blackened steel and velvet used in the common spaces, and artworks by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse adorning the walls. Its amenities include an 82-foot swimming pool, private dining rooms and a landscaped terrace. 'We've all been to very luxurious places, but I wanted to create a building that could not be anywhere else in the world,' Studio Sofield's founder, William Sofield, told CNN in 2022. 'I know so many people might have multiple homes, who will have apartments here. And I wanted to create a very distinct experience that could only be had in New York.' Steinway Tower sits on New York's Billionaire's Row, where pencil towers have continued to climb higher, including the nearby Central Park Tower, which is the second-tallest building in the city behind One World Trade Center. Though quadplex apartments are rare, another one on Billionaire's Row — a 24,000-square-foot apartment at 220 Central Park South — broke records in 2019 when it sold for $238 million to become the most expensive home ever sold in the United States.
