Radio Hotel and Tower | MVRDV

Radio Hotel and Tower is the first completed building by MVRDV in the United States. The distinctive design comprises a stack of blocks that match the size of the buildings in the immediate context, clad in eight different colours of glazed brick. The building has a dramatic impact on the skyline of upper Manhattan, yet its design responds sensitively to the neighbourhood and adds much-needed hotel, office, and hospitality amenities that were missing.

Project Name: Radio Hotel and Tower
Location: 2420 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, USA
Year: 2022
Client: YoungWoo & Associates
Programme & Size: 27,200m2 mixed-use hotel, offices, hospitality, and event spaces

Credits

Architect: MVRDV
Principal-in-charge: Winy Maas
Partner: Frans de Witte
Design team: Fedor Bron, Mick van Gemert, Mark van den Ouden, Samuel Delgado, Ronald Kam, Fouad Addou, Daniele Zonta, Yassin Matni, Giuseppe Carosini and Giuseppe Campo Antico
Visualizations: Antonio Luca Coco, Kirill Emelianov
Copyright: MVRDV Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries

Partners:

Executive architect: Stonehill Taylor Architects Interior design: WORKSHOP APD
Hotel Management: Sightline Hospitality
Building Systems: Cosentini Associates
Structural Engineer: GACE consulting engineers dpc Façade Engineer: CANY Technical Services, LCC Geotechnical Engineer: Langan Engineering

Civil Engineer: AKRF
Photographs: © Ossip van Duivenbode