CTBUH Gold Member

FXCollaborative Architects

About

Member Since: 2000

Member Offices: New York City

Website: http://www.fxcollaborative.com/

FXCollaborative is a New York City-based architecture, interiors, and planning design firm. Founded in 1978, the firm leverages broad experience to enrich our world with responsible, intelligent, and beautiful design. The firm’s holistic approach integrates client aspirations, an urban sensibility, and a celebration of the craft of building. FXCollaborative’s work ranges from the scale of individual buildings and interiors—office towers, multi-family residences, cultural facilities, workplace, K-12 and higher-education institutions—to the city as a whole, addressing infrastructure and transportation.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

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Height
1 NEVA TOWERS 2
345 m / 1,132  ft
2 New York Times Tower
318.8 m / 1,046  ft
3 NEVA TOWERS 1
297 m / 974  ft
4 4 Times Square
246.5 m / 809  ft
5 3Eleven
194.2 m / 637  ft
6 The Epic
187.4 m / 615  ft
7 Allianz Tower
185.5 m / 609  ft
8 Eleven Times Square
183.1 m / 601  ft
9 Sky House
179.3 m / 588  ft
10 The Ruby
173.6 m / 569  ft

Awards

One Willoughby Square

Award of Excellence: One Willoughby Square

Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 2023

Ctbuh Leaders

Sara Davis

Sara Davis

CTBUH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020 – Present

New York City

Daniel Kaplan

Daniel Kaplan

CTBUH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020 – Present

New York City

Building Completions Timeline

Videos

30 May 2018

Interview: Joel Breitkopf & Daniel Kaplan | 35xv

Joel Breitkopf, Principal of Alchemy Properties, and Daniel Kaplan, Senior Partner of FXCollaborative, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Americas –...

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Research

11 October 2021

Tall Excellence

As the first in-person CTBUH International Conference after the Covid-19 shutdowns in 2020, the 2022 program contains an exuberant and exciting roster of presenters and...

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Global News

01 December 2022

Commercial Skyscraper Completes Construction In Downtown Brooklyn

Construction is complete on One Willoughby Square, a 35-story commercial skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by JEMB Realty, the 552-foot-tall (168.3-meter-tall)...

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Associated companies

FXFOWLE (2018)

Fox & Fowle (2000)

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 South Central First City

375 m / 1,230 ft
2 NEVA TOWERS 2

345 m / 1,132 ft
3 New York Times Tower

319 m / 1,046 ft
4 3 Hudson Boulevard

315 m / 1,034 ft
5 3 Hudson Boulevard

301 m / 987 ft
6 NEVA TOWERS 1

297 m / 974 ft
7 1 Bryant Park

256 m / 840 ft
8 4 Times Square

247 m / 809 ft
9 3Eleven

194 m / 637 ft
10 The Epic

187 m / 615 ft
11 Allianz Tower

186 m / 609 ft
12 Eleven Times Square

183 m / 601 ft
13 Sky House

179 m / 588 ft
14 235 West 51st Street

178 m / 584 ft
15 The Ruby

174 m / 569 ft
16 The Ashland

173 m / 568 ft
17 136 Greene Street

170 m / 557 ft
18 3 Times Square

169 m / 555 ft
19 Ministry of Taxes

168 m / 552 ft
20 One Willoughby Square

168 m / 552 ft
21 United Nations Consolidation Building

166 m / 546 ft
22 767 3rd Avenue

160 m / 525 ft
23 77 Greenwich

159 m / 523 ft
24 1675 Broadway

151 m / 495 ft
25 PPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Residential Tower

149 m / 489 ft
26 The Mondrian

134 m / 439 ft
27 Tower 52

134 m / 439 ft
28 Broad Financial Center

130 m / 427 ft
29 123 West 57th Street

128 m / 420 ft
30 PP 10 Parcel 4.08

126 m / 413 ft
31 PPA 30 Parcel 5.05 Office Tower

125 m / 410 ft
32 National Westminster Bank

123 m / 403 ft
33 Legacy Tower

122 m / 401 ft
34 Helena

122 m / 401 ft
35 1N4th

121 m / 398 ft
36 45 Broadway Atrium

121 m / 396 ft
36 One Exchange Plaza

121 m / 396 ft
38 Fubon Fuzhou Financial Center

118 m / 387 ft
39 Tower 56

118 m / 386 ft
40 U.S. Trust Building

118 m / 386 ft
41 The Forge

117 m / 384 ft
42 40 Fulton Street

116 m / 380 ft
43 650 Madison Avenue

110 m / 360 ft
44 215 East 68th Street

109 m / 357 ft
45 527 Madison Avenue

107 m / 351 ft
46 PP 10 Parcel 2.14

105 m / 344 ft
47 35xv

102 m / 334 ft
48 Two Northside Piers

100 m / 329 ft
49 Forte Condominiums

100 m / 328 ft
50 The Crossing at Jamaica Station Tower 1

99 m / 325 ft
51 888 Boylston Street

99 m / 325 ft
52 101 Avenue of the Americas

97 m / 319 ft
53 The NOMA

96 m / 315 ft
54 5th On The Park

95 m / 310 ft
55 One Northside Piers

91 m / 297 ft
56 Proto Kendall Square

87 m / 284 ft
57 Archstone Clinton North

84 m / 275 ft
57 Archstone Clinton South

84 m / 275 ft
59 La Central Building E

82 m / 269 ft
60 PP 10 Parcel 4.07

81 m / 266 ft
61 The Emmet Building

74 m / 243 ft
62 7770 Norfolk Avenue

58 m

190 ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 17 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,499 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
63 The Crossing at Jamaica Station Tower 2

53 m / 175 ft
64 Covenant House New York

50 m / 165 ft
65 La Central Building B

43 m / 140 ft
66 La Central Building A

42 m / 139 ft
67 La Central Building C

41 m / 133 ft
68 PP 10 Parcel 2.09

35 m / 113 ft
69 La Central Building D

33 m / 108 ft

Statistics

Average Building Age*

15 Years

Most Common Function*

Office (47%)

Most Common Material*

Concrete (69%)

* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database

Based on 17 buildings over 150 m height with a function
 
Based on 16 buildings over 150 m height with a material
 

Building Completions Timeline

Building Map

Construction Time Chart

NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.

Designated Experts

Daniel Kaplan

Senior Partner, FXCollaborative Architects
New York City, United States

Sara Davis

Principal, FXCollaborative Architects
New York City, United States

Ctbuh Leaders At FXCollaborative Architects

CTBUH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020 – Present

Sara Davis

Principal, FXCollaborative Architects
New York City, United States

CTBUH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020 – Present

Daniel Kaplan

Senior Partner, FXCollaborative Architects
New York City, United States

Videos

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30 May 2018

Interview: Joel Breitkopf & Daniel Kaplan | 35xv

Joel Breitkopf, Principal of Alchemy Properties, and Daniel Kaplan, Senior Partner of FXCollaborative, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Americas –...

30 May 2018

For a Modern Media Company, a Tower of Clarity and Transparency

Over the past 10 years, the New York Times Tower has become a landmark worthy of the institution that commissioned it, particularly because of its...

30 May 2018

Vertical Integration: An Educational/Residential Community Rises

Rising 102 meters above a mid-block site, 35XV is a unique, hybrid residential-academic building located in Manhattan’s vibrant Chelsea neighborhood. Utilizing excess development rights from...

18 October 2016

CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Session 7a: Urban Environmental Issues Q&A

Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Christine Bruckner of M Moser Associates; Dan Kaplan of FXFowle; Jay L. Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners...

18 October 2016

Feasibility Study to Implement the Passive House Standard on Tall Residential Buildings

Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Dan Kaplan, FXFOWLE, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7a: Urban Environmental Issues. A FXFOWLE lead team is...

26 October 2015

Efficient Energy Production for High-demand Tenants of Tall Buildings

Tall Buildings in urban landscapes present a unique challenge in the field of sustainable building. These structures tend to attract a tenant base of dynamic...

26 October 2015

2015 New York Conference - Session 2d - Q&A

Kanokpat Chanvaivit, Bouygues Thai; David Wallance, FXFOWLE; and Phillip Gardiner, Irwinconsult, answer questions at the end of 2015 New York Conference Session 2d: Construction Advances.

26 October 2015

Developing Tall in the New York Context

Gary Barnett, Extell Development Corporation; Ric Clark, Brookfield Properties; Joseph Moinian, Moinian Group; and Larry Silverstein, Silverstein Properties, discuss development in New York City and...

26 October 2015

Interview: Joseph Moinian

Joseph Moinian of Moinian Group is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Joseph discusses...

26 October 2015

Interview: David Wallance

David Wallance of FXFOWLE is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. David discusses modular...

Research

11 October 2021

Tall Excellence

CTBUH Journal 2022 Issue III

As the first in-person CTBUH International Conference after the Covid-19 shutdowns in 2020, the 2022 program contains an exuberant and exciting roster of presenters and...

12 January 2021

Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2020: COVID-19 Contributes To Dip in Year-On-Year Completions

CTBUH Research

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2020, part of the Tall...

30 January 2020

Tall Building Predictions for 2020

CTBUH Research

The combined brains of the CTBUH editorial and database staff boldly predict what might happen across the global skyscraper industry in 2020. Check out our...

31 January 2018

Debating Tall: Tall Buildings as Severe-Weather Shelters?

Ilana Judah, FXCollaborative; Luke Leung, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Recent strong weather events and heavy flooding in major coastal cities have prompted debate about where to shelter and what’s appropriate to build along coastlines....

08 August 2017

ASPECT: RATIOS – Voices of Women In the Tall Building World

Ilkay Can-Standard, GenX Design & Technology; Martina Dolejsova, Studio Libeskind

ASPECT: RATIOS is the outgrowth of a program developed by the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee in New York, beginning in 2016. The purpose of the...

Global News

01 December 2022

Commercial Skyscraper Completes Construction In Downtown Brooklyn

Construction is complete on One Willoughby Square, a 35-story commercial skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by JEMB Realty, the 552-foot-tall (168.3-meter-tall)...

12 July 2021

Church in New York City to Become Office Tower

After a year-long delay due to a construction lender pulling out of the project in March 2020, the redevelopment project at 125 West 57th Street...

28 June 2021

Mixed-Use Building in Brooklyn Opens

One Willoughby Square, a 34-story, 46,451-square-meter (500,000-square-foot) tower in Brooklyn has opened. The building includes office space, retail, and a public school for 300 students....

22 April 2020

Investment Firm Acquires Stake in Moscow Skyscraper Project

Russian investment firm Metrika Investments has purchased the office part of Renaissance Development's flagship IFC NEVA TOWERS scheme, in what is considered the largest Russian...

22 April 2020

Investment Firm Acquires Stake in Moscow Skyscraper Project

Russian investment firm Metrika Investments has purchased the office part of Renaissance Development's flagship IFC NEVA TOWERS scheme, in what is considered the largest Russian...

02 January 2018

Architecture Firm Signs Lease in Upcoming Downtown Brooklyn Tower

JEMB Realty Corporation (JEMB), a real estate development, investment, and management organization headquartered in New York City, has announced that world renowned architecture firm, FXFOWLE,...

CTBUH Initiatives Involving FXCollaborative

CTBUH New York Debates: Has New York Built Too Tall?

01 March 2018

The New York "Future Leaders" Committee recently debated whether NYC has built too tall. The two sides discussed current challenges to development as well as future considerations.

CTBUH New York Chapter Plans for 2018

08 February 2018

The New York Chapter steering committee met to get acquainted with new members, reflect on 2017 initiatives, and plan for 2018.

Debating Tall: Tall Buildings as Severe-Weather Shelters?

01 February 2018

In the CTBUH 2018 Journal Issue I, two experts debate on whether tall buildings would provide safe shelter during severe-weather.

CTBUH New York Holds Annual Holiday Party

14 December 2017

The New York Chapter held their 2017 Holiday Party, hosted by Woods Bagot. Attendees mingled, enjoyed refreshments, and celebrated a successful year.

Passivhaus for High-Rise Workshop Meets at 2017 CTBUH Conference

29 October 2017

The CTBUH Passivhaus for High-Rise Workshop, supported by the Australian Passive House Association, convened at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

NYC YPC Continues Future of Construction Series

19 January 2017

CTBUH New York Chapter, with the YPC and Akdo, hosted the second part in the Future of Construction lecture series, titled “Moving Parts: Modular Architecture in a Flat World.”