150 4th Avenue Getting Glassy
150 4th Avenue, the hulking Ismael Leyva-designed development, is getting its glass on. True to the rendering the top floors are nothing but glass, and the lower floors will be featuring floor-to-ceiling windows. This full-exposure window effect is popping up more and more around Brooklyn. What do you think of it? Would you invest in…
150 4th Avenue, the hulking Ismael Leyva-designed development, is getting its glass on. True to the rendering the top floors are nothing but glass, and the lower floors will be featuring floor-to-ceiling windows. This full-exposure window effect is popping up more and more around Brooklyn. What do you think of it? Would you invest in some heavy duty curtains or just enjoy the view?
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Barf, this looks like garbage. Agree that rain sure doesn’t clean windows. Try wiping your own windows and you’d be amazed at what comes off. The whole floor-to-ceiling glass thing mainly makes me think of cheap developers who don’t want to spend money on traditional things like walls. And the lack of energy-efficiency – ! Even with a top-quality installation (i.e. one that doesn’t leak and won’t blow in from storms like we just had), you need to invest in some serious blinds to cut down on summer sun/drafts in the cold. I heard from an architect friend a while ago that FTC is going out of style because of energy inefficiency, but apparently we have yet to see it disappear from finer developments such as this one.
Floor to ceiling is a bit much. Maybe knee to ceiling?
I’ve also had the misfortune of living in an apartment that was nearly all glass. All the natural light was great, but it was always cold and the gas bill was always high.
Nice looking building tho. One of the better brick choices I’ve seen, which isn’t much.
That much exposure doesn’t appeal to me, particularly not on the lower floors facing 4th ave. But to each his own. Overall, this looks better than most of what’s on 4th.
I do think, though, that the 12-story limit seems to invariably encourage awkward-looking, chunky-proportioned architecture. I would much rather do away with the limit and see just one or two nice tall buildings like the Toren along 4th, rather than a dozen of these awkward mid-height things.
Our building doesn’t have enormous windows and the ptac system actually works great, but I often wonder about the new glass thing. Is the glass really energy efficient as people claim? Is it really “green” construction? (as so many buildings in this style like to claim?)
The problem with these types of buildings with the great big windows is keeping the place warm in the winter! then you have to run those cheap a$$ “PTAC” systems they always install and like 80 and your electric bill is like $400 a month
I know b/c I rented in the Elan and it was FREEEEEEZING and it had great light with views but man oh man was it cold in the winter
I’m all for big windows and great views but there’s a tipping point where it ceases to be practical. A new south-facing condo building on Sterling Pl in Prospect Heights looks like a Gaza Strip slum since the residents starting haphazardly draping sheets across the windows to keep out the sun. What the energy-efficient guidelines for new construction in NYC anyway?
i’d just enjoy the views
and show my goodies
The building does look slightly better in real-time – far better than neighbors. It will be interesting to see detail in finishing.
Of course, the primary across-the-street view for the next 3 years will be the buidling of a boxy SCA designed school
and also, a rain storm does not clean the windows, it just makes them dirtier…..