The Ritz Carlton Downtown and The Residences at the Ritz Carlton
Overlooking New York Harbor, the Ritz Carlton enhances the civic space of its Battery Park City neighborhood with the introduction of hospitality, luxury housing and cultural amenities.
This mixed-use project takes the notion of hospitality and extends it to the public, providing community amenities such as the Skyscraper Museum at its base. The Ritz Carlton transforms the landscape of Battery Park City from a corporate corridor to an inviting neighborhood.
The design responds both to its open site and the built context. The building’s expansive glazed western façade offers river views while offsetting the apparent weight of the building.
Clad in brick, the eastern façade relates to the existing buildings in both Battery Park City and historic Lower Manhattan.
The building includes hotel rooms and condominiums and provides a permanent home for the Skyscraper Museum at the ground level. A landscaped park with a restaurant and café marks the entrance to the building.
Details
- Year
- 2001
- Location
- New York, NY
- Size
- 601,370 GSF
- Program
- 300 Hotel Rooms, 150 Condominiums, Museum, Restaurant, Café
Awards
- 2001
- Residential Project of the Year, New York Construction News
- Roger H. Corbetta Award for Quality Concrete, The Concrete Industry Board, Inc. of New York
Press
- 2014
- Schellenbaum, Amy. "NYC's Priciest Listing Will be an $118.5M Ritz-Carlton Trio - Blockbusters (of the Future)" (curbed.com, 6/20/2014)
- 1999
- Dunlap, David W. "Ritz-Carlton Luxury Hotel Planned at Manhattan's Tip" (The New York Times, 1/22/1999)
Team
- Design Team
- Todd Schliemann, Jack Phillips, Gary Anderson, Ray Brown, Jason Buchheit, Andrew Comfort, Hau Hsu, Dori Raskin, Michael Regan, Alex Salazar, Marc Schaut, Eduardo Tapia
- Architect-of-Record
- Handel Architects
- Photography
- Jeff Goldberg/Esto, Handel Architects
Press
- 2014
- Schellenbaum, Amy. "NYC's Priciest Listing Will be an $118.5M Ritz-Carlton Trio - Blockbusters (of the Future)" (curbed.com, 6/20/2014)
- 1999
- Dunlap, David W. "Ritz-Carlton Luxury Hotel Planned at Manhattan's Tip" (The New York Times, 1/22/1999)