Project Overview
255 East 77th Street is a 500-foot-tall, 36-story, 62-unit condominium tower designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and developed by Naftali Group in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Rooted in Gothic and Art Deco precedents, the building's architectural expression — arcades, loggias, pergolas, a series of setbacks, and a decorative crown — is designed to knit the tower into the fabric of the Upper East Side while introducing a new scale to the corner of Second Avenue and 77th Street. Hill West Architects served as architect of record.
Precast Solution
Universal Concrete Products manufactured the architectural precast concrete wall panels comprising the full building enclosure — engineered to replicate the warmth, depth, and surface quality of natural limestone at tower scale. The panel system carries the full range of the building's architectural detailing: articulated arch surrounds, arcade and loggia elements, pergola features, cornice profiles, carved oak leaf panels recessed into the façade above ground-level windows, and the multifaceted crown — all achieved through precast fabrication with the precision and repeatability the design demanded.
A key component of the delivery strategy was UCP's factory window installation program: approximately three-quarters of the building's windows were pre-installed into panels prior to shipment. Façade installation tracked closely behind the pace of vertical construction, enclosing the building well ahead of typical schedules on a constrained Lenox Hill site. |