Pendry Manhattan West

  • Client Brookfield Properties - New York
  • Location New York, New York, United States

In a section of Midtown Manhattan defined by soaring skyscrapers, this 21-story hotel makes an outsized impression with its undulating facade of granite and glass.

Project Facts
  • Status Construction Complete
  • Completion Year 2021
  • Design Finish Year 2018
  • Size Site Area: 8,200 square feet Building Height: 272 feet Number of Stories: 21 Building Gross Area: 200,500 square feet
  • Awards
    2022, Finalist: Upscale Hotel, Hospitality Design Magazine 2022, Honoree: Hotel, NYCxDESIGN 2022, Final for Excellence in Hotel Development, Urban Land Institute New York Chapter (ULI NY) 2023, Vitruvian Honors & Awards, Facade Tectonics Institute
  • Collaborators
    AvroKO L'Observatoire International Jaros Baum & Bolles Gachot Field Operations Cerami & Associates Front Inc. Entek Engineering, LLC Ducibella Venter & Santore (DVS) Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Van Deusen & Associates RWDI Consulting Engineers and Scientists William Vitacco Associates, Ltd Holland & Knight
Project Facts
  • Status Construction Complete
  • Completion Year 2021
  • Design Finish Year 2018
  • Size Site Area: 8,200 square feet Building Height: 272 feet Number of Stories: 21 Building Gross Area: 200,500 square feet
  • Awards
    2022, Finalist: Upscale Hotel, Hospitality Design Magazine 2022, Honoree: Hotel, NYCxDESIGN 2022, Final for Excellence in Hotel Development, Urban Land Institute New York Chapter (ULI NY) 2023, Vitruvian Honors & Awards, Facade Tectonics Institute
  • Collaborators
    AvroKO L'Observatoire International Jaros Baum & Bolles Gachot Field Operations Cerami & Associates Front Inc. Entek Engineering, LLC Ducibella Venter & Santore (DVS) Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers Van Deusen & Associates RWDI Consulting Engineers and Scientists William Vitacco Associates, Ltd Holland & Knight

Creating a distinctive identity

Carefully chosen materials and a sophisticated massing endow Pendry Manhattan West with an intimate scale while also subtly distinguishing the building’s role as a hotel within Manhattan West, a mixed-use commercial development that spans eight acres adjacent to Moynihan Train Hall. The cladding on the lower amenity levels, as well as the spandrel panels between each of the upper floors, consist of black, striated granite that contour the building’s form and help articulate its dramatic curvatures. Behind the main tower, a two-story extension houses retail and restaurant spaces, culminating with a roof terrace. Atop the terrace, a set of curving pavilions sympathetic to the main building and clad in light aluminum and glass house a boutique rooftop bar.

Dave Burk © SOM
Dave Burk © SOM

A contemporary take on the bay window

Moving up the tower, the convex glass curves exhibit a modern take on the bay window, providing each of the 164 guest rooms with panoramic views of the city. Horizontal bands of stone across the facade frame the guest rooms on the northern and southern sides of the building. Between the bay windows, the facade’s opaque concave curves mask the building’s columns, signifying a natural division between rooms and tying the expression of the facade to the building’s underlying structure.

© Pendry Manhattan West

A facade with sustainability benefits

The strategic geometric design of the facade enabled just 22 percent of the curtain wall panels to require bending—despite the appearance of continuously curving glass. To further reduce complexity and enable the use of a low-environmental-impact bending process, just three radii were utilized to generate the curves of the bent panels. With a 37 percent window-to-wall ratio, the building is well insulated and energy efficient.

Dave Burk © SOM

Enhancing amenities at Manhattan West

The building houses a collection of designer amenities and intimately scaled gathering spaces. A fitness center, rentable meeting rooms, and a collection of rooftop and outdoor terraces leverage Manhattan West’s signature public space and contribute to a continuously active and animated urban realm. The building lands in a carefully calibrated sequence of domestic-scale entry spaces that seamlessly links guests to the adjacent flagship retail, office lobbies, and destination restaurants throughout Manhattan West.