By Paul Piazza Architect
629-foot, 50-story modernist office building completed in 1982. Designed by Eli Attia, it is clad in a curtain wall of black metal and glass. The tower’s plan is rotated at a 45° angle from the block geometry, with the north and south halves offset. Two corners of the rectangular plan were cut off and then …
731 Lexington Avenue is a 1,345,489 sq ft (125,000.0 m2) glass skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P. and as a result, is sometimes referred to informally as Bloomberg Tower. The building also houses retail outlets, restaurants and 105 luxury condominiums. The residences are known as One Beacon Court and are served by a separate entrance. The tower …