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99 Hudson
The tallest residential building in New Jersey[RS1] and a prominent feature on the Jersey City skyline, 99 Hudson rises 79 stories above its namesake river, offering magnificent New York City views from its 781 condominium units and extensive resort-style amenities.
With the upper building’s tapering form and multiple setbacks, DeSimone’s structural engineering team encountered a number of challenges, including load path discontinuities and view corridors. To address these, we introduced column transfers and cantilevered elements that preserved open interior spaces without compromising the tower’s structural stability.
| Client | China Overseas America |
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| Architect: | Perkins Eastman |
| Size | 79 Stories | 1,573,780 SF (146,211 SM) | 781 Units |
| Sustainability | High-performance building envelope |
| Office: | New York |
| Completion: | 2020 |
Furthermore, the tower’s slender proportions and an exposed waterfront location amplify its vulnerability to high winds, so we designed a cast-in-place concrete frame with flat plate slabs, robust lateral system, and a reinforced core tuned to resist wind-induced drift and meet local seismic codes.
We also integrated nuanced transitions between the tower and its multi-story podium base, where lateral and gravity loads—and systems—shift across the towers occupancy zones.
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