Midtown Manhattan Sky Garden

Redefining the 17th floor of the historic Western Publishing Building in midtown Manhattan, HM White created a contemporary garden terrace as an extension of Shorenstein Properties’ new corporate offices. The 6,500 square-foot living roof establishes a biophilic transformation of the office environment and daily employee experience. A lush garden wraps the building and visually merges interior office spaces with a meadow landscape.

The entire garden is carefully engineered to knit with building infrastructure to prevent potential wind uplift, accommodate significant weight restrictions and support a sophisticated, multi-seasonal plant palette tolerant of extreme growing conditions. The elongated meadow design incorporates drought tolerant grasses, perennials and spring bulbs—punctuated by flowering trees in structurally specific locations.