The YEXT Building (New York City, New York)

 office building, Modern (architecture)

135-foot, 9-story modernist office building completed in 2019. Designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects for Vornado Realty Trust, it is clad in white metal framing panels and glass. The elevations are articulated with multiple setback terraces and a floor-to-ceiling glass façade that is integrated within a modular frame that organizes the massing of the structure. The stacked cube-like curtain wall modules are arranged in a different configuration on each floor, creating unique interiors and a varied exterior.

The massing of the building also comes with a number of extracted corners that form mini cantilevers above the square and rectangular-shaped terraces on multiple levels. In places where the building forms an indented corner, the glass windows visually create a seemingly continuous run without the grid of white metal panels between framing each window.

The main entrance is near the west end of the north facade on 15th Street, covered by a large metal canopy. Directly to the west is a freight entrance. The rest of the ground floor is lined with large storefront bays. They are occupied by Starbucks Reserve Roastery.

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