Residential towers

​​While known predominantly for the flashy cars it dreams up, Pininfarina sure isn't afraid to put its creativity to use in other areas. Now its dive into urban architecture has returned a curvy apartment building in Brazil, which it bills at its first ever residential tower.​

British firm Heatherwick Studio has unveiled a new residential project for Manhattan, New York City. Consisting of two buildings either side of the High Line, their most distinctive feature is their unusual bulging glazing, which brings to mind the firm's recently-completed Zeitz MOCAA.

The success of Stefano Boeri's Boscoe Verticale in Milan has resulted in the architect replicating the greenery-covered tower elsewhere. The latest iteration on the design is slated for Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and promises to provide attractive and affordable inner-city social housing.

The geology of the area is an important part of New York City's architectural identity, offering solid anchorage for clusters of towering skyscrapers. And now it has shaped the design of new apartment tower going up in the Upper West side that will carve a distinctly chiseled figure.​