InterActiveCorp (IAC) Headquarters
The first full building Gehry designed in New York City, the 10-story IAC Headquarters departs from conventional commercial architecture. Its massing undulates fluidly along its West Chelsea street frontage, evoking the motion of sails in the wind, and retreats gradually as the building rises in height.
| Client | Fortis Property Group |
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| Architects: | Gehry Partners, Adamson Associates, and STUDIOS Architecture |
| Size | 10 Stories | 200,000 SF (18,580 SM) |
| Sustainability | Features energy-efficient curtain wall with ceramic frit glazing; cold-warped glass minimizes material waste; brownfield redevelopment site |
| Office: | New York |
| Completion: | 2007 |
To design a structure that could meet the unusual complexity of the two-tiered building, DeSimone first completed a detailed load analysis and precision layout, which informed our solution: a cast-in-place, reinforced concrete frame.
Concrete slabs cantilever outward, carrying the weight of the curtain wall at varying distances in sync with the ebb and flow of the curvilinear form.
Our team’s structural design optimized asymmetrical loading from the cantilevered upper stories and created a column-free lobby and other long, open interior spans.
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