's first residential skyscraper. With its launch, the New York-based architect applies the pared-down elegance and blend of minimalism and sophistication that are signatures of her work, spanning art galleries such as
Here, we talk to Annabelle Selldorf about the porcelain-clad towers and how they were designed in dialogue with the Williamsburg Bridge, the East River and beyond.Many skyscrapers lack a sense of connection to their surroundings. They are too dense and too detached from the urban fabric they are joining.
One Domino Square’s porcelain façade acts as a mirror capturing and reflecting the site’s remarkable light, the ever-changing water in the East River, the motion on the Williamsburg Bridge and places the project’s two towers in dialogue with the rest of the site.The porcelain tile was made by Cor Asociados Arquitectos, an architecture studio based in Spain.