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The Yext Building
Featuring a rooftop park overlooking the Hudson River, Yext Inc.’s new headquarters in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District was envisioned to draw top talent and inspire staff with a light-filled, loft-like layout designed for collaboration.
As the structural engineer for this iconic building, DeSimone’s solution had to accommodate soaring ceilings, private terraces on every floor, and expansive ground-level retail.
| Client | Vornado Realty Trust |
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| Architect: | Rafael Viñoly Architects |
| Size | 9 Stories | 150,000 SF (13,900 SM) |
| Sustainability | LEED Gold with green roofs, terraces, and voided concrete slabs |
| Office: | New York |
| Completion: | 2020 |
We designed a cast-in-place, flat-slab concrete structure that works in tandem with exposed mechanical systems to allow for flexibility and maximize ceiling heights. This custom-conceived structure facilitates large-span commercial interiors and multiple exterior setbacks that reimagine typical office, conference room, and breakout spaces as integrated indoor-outdoor environments.
Our floor systems support complex, stepped, roof geometries, as well as green roofs—and users themselves—by efficiently directing load paths to the foundation. We varied the structural slab elevations to align with the building’s cascading terraces and separate public and private zones within the building envelope. Our innovative solution to achieving large, cantilevered corners involved employing Cobiax voided concrete to significantly reduce the weight of slabs at those locations.
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