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Ritz-Carlton, Battery Park

New York

Located on the southernmost parcel in Battery Park City overlooking New York Harbor, this tower is comprised of the Ritz-Carlton hotel on the lower 12 floors with 26 condominium floors above. It also serves as the home of the Skyscraper Museum.

Amenities on the 13th floor include a fitness center and spa, meeting rooms, and banquet halls. Constructed of brick masonry and curtain wall on concrete flat plate construction, the exterior is a composition of large and small elements relating to the existing buildings of Battery Park City.

Handel Architects designed this project with the Polshek Partnership of New York.

Awards: 2001 RESIDENTIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR, New York Construction News; 2000 AWARD OF MERIT, Concrete Industry Board
Client: Millennium Partners
Publications: "The Ritz-Carlton at Battery Park," U.S. Architecture - Northeast, Vol. 3, No. 2.; "Standing Tall in New York, Ritz-Carlton: A Luxury Brand Evolves," Interior Design, March 2002.; "Hotel Plans a Defiant Debut Near Ground Zero," The New York Times, 28 January 2002.; "Art Warming," The New York Post, 27 January 2002.; "New Ritz Must Go On - Next to Ground Zero," The Daily News, 23 January 2002.; "Site Leads Ritz-Carlton Team to Develop Innovative Solutions," New York Construction News, April 2001.