Bloomberg Tower :

At first glance the Bloomberg Tower recreates the Art Deco style of the 1930's, streamlined and standardized for the modern era. But this was not a specific design request of an endowed client rather of a constantly developing design program.

In essence it's your standard high-rise box, tailored to changing terms. As a result the design could be easily modified, as designs were moreover drawn in the act of negotiating leases. In planning, a hotel and residential venture of slimmer dimensions proved deficient for financing, consequently it was filled out to accommodate the larger floor plates needed in signing a commercial tenant. Bloomberg LP will be the anchor tenant, absorbing all but the top 20 floors of condominiums for its new headquarters. By signing on to more space Bloomberg changed the course of development further, but effectively allowed for the project to move forward.

With dimension as usually found in commercial skyscrapers the regular rectangular layouts were extended. The design aesthetic is of regularity and perfect geometry. This aesthetic is not lost through a pretty skin and gradual setbacks. The façade is geometrically structured of rectangular forms in a crisp composition that accentuates the volume and remains true to the structural expression. The setbacks provide slight ornamentation and visual interest in amassing the shaft. The flat crown authenticates the aesthetic to the point. Above the composite of the shaft, clearness of vision is affirmed through a box of light. The underlying modern theme is expressed in terms of purity (the white glass), and the perfect geometry's of the horizontal blinds, and the mass in itself. This treatment is intended to show lightness, and sensibility with simple forms and distinctive lines. The modernist Bloomberg Tower is a refreshing, positive addition to the skyline.

-AS