The 685 First Avenue building designed by Richard Meier was completed in 2015. Standing 42 stories and 460 feet high, the building houses 556 rental properties. The building has a unique architectural cutout on the 27th and 28th floors which really caught my attention. While I am by no means an expert, I don’t remember ever seeing anything quite like this. The building really brings together lighting and geometry to form a very elegant and impressive appearance. The building also over looks the river in New York City which is pretty sick. All of the apartment rooms inside the building are intended to be very open which maximizes the views of the city and river. Overall, the building looks very elegant and really catches the eye at first glance.