40 Tenth Avenue, Office building in Meatpacking District, New York, United States.
40 Tenth Avenue is a modern office building in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan, New York, with a faceted, diamond-shaped glass facade. The building has twelve floors and sits directly alongside the elevated High Line walkway.
The building was designed in the early 2010s, with architects working closely around the constraints set by the neighboring High Line. It was completed in the mid-2010s after a construction process shaped largely by those site conditions.
The Meatpacking District shifted over the decades from a working industrial neighborhood to one of New York's most sought-after areas for offices, shops, and restaurants. Walking past this building, you feel that shift directly, as the glass structure sits among old cobblestone streets and low brick warehouses.
The building sits in the Meatpacking District in Manhattan, within easy walking distance of a subway stop. The area is easy to explore on foot, especially for those already visiting the nearby High Line, which runs right alongside it.
The glass facade was engineered to cast as little shadow as possible on the High Line below and to reduce the risk of birds flying into it. These two requirements were built into the design from the start, and they are what gave the building its unusual folded shape.
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