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53W53

53 West 53 is a supertall skyscraper at 53 West 53rd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). It was developed by the real estate companies Pontiac Land Group and Hines. With a height of 1,050 ft (320 m), 53 West 53 is the twelfth-tallest completed building in the city as of January 2025.

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2007

Manhattan, Manhattan, United States

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Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York

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Jean Nouvel

Born 1945 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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Jean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture, France’s first labor union for architects. He has obtained a number of prestigious distinctions over the course of his career, including the Aga Khan Award for A…

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Ateliers Jean Nouvel

practice · Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Role: designer

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