Riverhouse and the Battery Park City Library

2 River Terrace | also 8 River Terrace, 6 River Terrace, 10 River Terrace | Battery Park City | built 2006

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  1. 2009

    Riverhouse rises as Battery Park City's first LEED Gold building

    Ennead Architects designed Riverhouse on a U-shaped footprint that wraps a local park, working with Ismael Leyva Architects. Its west-facing wall used a double-glass curtain wall, the first residential use of that technology in the United States. The roughly 500,000-square-foot building also has green roofs, solar power and cogeneration, and its base holds a public library branch and Poets House.

    Source: ennead.com

  2. 2009

    Poets House leaves SoHo for a new home at 10 River Terrace

    Poets House, founded in 1985 by Stanley Kunitz and Elizabeth Kray, had long been based in SoHo before it moved to Battery Park City in 2009. Louise Braverman designed the interior of its new two-floor, 11,000-square-foot space, which faces an extension of Teardrop Park. The Battery Park City Authority made the move possible through a long-term lease, and the collection holds more than 80,000 volumes of poetry.

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2010

    March 15

    The Battery Park City branch library opens after a decade of resident lobbying

    The New York Public Library opened its 10,000-square-foot Battery Park City branch at 175 North End Avenue on March 15, with a grand opening on March 18. Residents had pushed for it since a letter-writing campaign more than ten years earlier, despite claims that the neighborhood was too small. Goldman Sachs donated $3.5 million toward construction, and the Authority leased the space in the Riverhouse condominium to the library for $1 a year through 2069. It opened with more than 15,300 books and 7,400 other items such as DVDs and CDs.

    Source: amny.com

  4. 2010

    1100 Architect designs the library as a glass-fronted, two-story room under Riverhouse

    1100 Architect, whose partners include Juergen Riehm and David Piscuskas, fit the 10,500-square-foot library into the bottom two floors of Riverhouse's northeast corner. A double-height glass frontage, a winding stair to the mezzanine and an irregularly vaulted ceiling define the interior, which wraps around an outdoor courtyard. Sustainable choices include reclaimed fir flooring, low- and non-VOC finishes, dual-flush toilets and waterless urinals, and the project was on track for LEED Gold certification.

    Source: architecturalrecord.com

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