Architect Zaha Hadid died Thursday at the age of 65, the BBC reports. Hadid is known around the world for her incredible designs, including the Aquatic Center from the London Olympics.
Before her death, Hadid designed her first high-rise apartment building in New York City. It is set to open by early 2017 and the apartments will overlook the High Line and come with a slew of high-class amenities.
We recently toured one of the model apartments and left drooling over all the cool design ideas and smart home gadgetry. Hadid's amazing legacy of innovative design will certainly live on in this building.
Here are some of the most exciting innovations at 520 West 28th Street, where units will sell for up to $50 million.
Floors that interlock.
The 39-apartment complex will rise to 11 stories — with 21 floors that interlock like a jigsaw puzzle.
Each unit has its own floor, but the apartments interlock where they meet in the middle. As illustrated on the photo above, the fifth and sixth floors are still on the same story, maximizing the building's use of space.
The interlocking floors are a unique architectural design feature and fit into Hadid's futuristic style, Related Companies' spokesperson, Heather McDonough, told Tech Insider.
Fresh air that's filtered.
Before residents even move in, oxygen will be filtered four times in every apartment unit, McDonough said.
New York City's air quality technically meets national standards, but it still measures more than double the recommended level of PM 2.5 — air particles that can lodge in the lungs and cause chronic diseases.
More luxury developers are starting to filter their building's air multiple times. Read more here.
Four elevators that run in two shafts.
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