Lantern House

Lantern House is a residential development under construction in New York City. Thomas Heatherwick designed the building, and Related Companies developed it.

Lantern House
General information
ClassificationResidential
Coordinates40°44′42.2″N 74°0′23.25″W
Design and construction
ArchitectThomas Heatherwick
DeveloperRelated Companies

History and development

Related paid $205 million for the site in 2014.[1] The earliest permits for work on the site were filed in 2016.[1] Massings for the project were revealed in 2017.[2] Designs for the structures were first published by the press in early 2018.[3] Early reports connected Lantern House to another Related development at 555 West 22nd Street, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, referring to them jointly as "Hudson Residences".[4]

As of early 2021, the building was nearing completion.[5] It was completed in September 2021.[6]

Design
The building under construction in March 2019

The building's windows inspired the name of the development, as they evoke the shape of a lantern,[7] though they have also been unfavorably compared to pickle and beer barrels.[8] Heatherwick was inspired in part by bay windows he has seen in Victorian homes.[9] Heatherwick also drew inspiration from industrial warehouses located in Manhattan and elsewhere in New York, from which he derived the building's brick façade.[9]

The High Line park bisects the two structures that form the building, though a lobby joins them at street level.[7] March & White designed the building's interiors.[5]

Architectural reception

Eva Hagberg, writing for Curbed criticized the building as "one idea about a window, repeated", further calling the bay windows a "gimmick gone too far".[10] In another Curbed article about new buildings near the High Line and their design, an anonymous architect was quoted, referring to the building as "a disaster" and "the nail in the coffin" for the architectural character of the area.[8] Another anonymous architect gave Heatherwick some praise for the design's apparent nod to the nearby industrial buildings that date to before the High Line's conversion from railroad to park.[8]

Usage

The building is residential, with 181 condominium units.[9]

References
  1. Baird-Remba, Rebecca (30 September 2016). "Permits Filed: 501 West 18th Street, Chelsea". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. Nelson, Andrew (14 November 2017). "Massing Diagram Up for Related Companies' 511 West 18th Street and 500 West 19th Street, West Chelsea". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. Hylton, Ondel (9 January 2018). "Thomas Heatherwick Designs Bubble-Wrapped Condos to Saddle Up Next to the High Line". City Realty. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. Hilburg, Jonathan (10 January 2018). "A first look at Thomas Heatherwick's bulging High Line towers". The Architect’s Newspaper. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  5. Young, Michael (21 January 2021). "Construction Wraps Up on Thomas Heatherwick's Lantern House at 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan". New York YIMBY. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  6. Waddoups, Ryan (22 September 2021). "Heatherwick Studio's Lantern House Is Complete". SURFACE. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  7. Clarke, Katherine (13 February 2020). "How Thomas Heatherwick Became the Poster Boy for Manhattan's West Side Renaissance". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  8. Velsey, Kim (6 December 2021). "Architects Agree: The Buildings Around the High Line Are Terrible". Curbed. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  9. McKeough, Tim (24 January 2020). "The High Line's Latest Starchitect Project (Published 2020)". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  10. Hagberg, Eva (26 October 2021). "Thomas Heatherwick's High Line Condos Are Just One Idea About Windows, Repeated". Curbed. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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