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![aerial_sq.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aerial_sq.jpg)
Mexican architect Enrique Norten and TEN Arquitectos have unveiled their design for Cassa, a hotel and residential tower in New York City.
![corner_night_sq.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/corner_night_sq.jpg)
Here’s some info from the architects:
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Cassa Hotel: Cassa is located in mid-town Manhattan, at 70 West 45th Street, two blocks north of Bryant Park.
![corner.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/corner.jpg)
This tower is a dramatic architectural statement, using its windows and their punctured rhythm to become the facade’s only ornaments, distinguishing it from the more conventional glass and stone edifices of New York’s midtown.
![corner_night.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/corner_night.jpg)
Cassa’s program mixes public and private: combining restaurant and bar with boutique Hotel and luxury Condominiums that share a common triple height lobby.
![aerial.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/aerial.jpg)
The resulting design allows the two to co-exist while functioning independently.
![lobby-1600x1200.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lobby-1600x1200.jpg)
The tower itself is delicately proportioned, resulting from the small site and slender floor plate, like an Obelisk marking the site.
![lobby_desk.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lobby_desk.jpg)
Above: lobby desk
![lobby_entrance.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lobby_entrance.jpg)
Above: lobby entrance
![lobby_terrace.jpg](http://www.dezeen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lobby_terrace.jpg)
Above: lobby terrace
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