

"Nothing has ever been built like it in NYC," says Jean Nouvel's publicist of a project that the French "star" architect has designed for along 19th Street and the West Side Highway.
Nouvel envisioned 1,700 distinct pieces of glass for the 23-story tower's façade and a seven-story protruding base, hereinafter dubbed the "loggia," in which apartments will include non-parallel terraces, some having trees of their own. Occupancy is slated for fall 2008.

