Spanning 71 stories, Sven, a new residential tower designed by @HandelArchitects, is the second tallest tower in Queens. Located close to Dutch Kills Green Park in Long Island City, the glass tower’s concave façade subtly embraces the adjacent neo-Gothic Queens Clock Tower, formerly Chase Manhattan Bank Building. The tower contains 958 units, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, 288 of which are income restricted. The façade features over 100,000 square feet of electrochromic glass—a first for a building of this height and size—to control solar heat gain in the units and reduce the building’s cooling load. Each panel is connected to a sun sensor on the roof that automatically adjusts the amount of glass tinting. Sven is also the city’s first residential skyscraper to offer View Glass technology, which allows residents to optimize their indoor comfort by controlling the tint of their windows through an app on their phone. @SelldorfArchitects designed the building’s lobby and 50,000 square feet of amenities including a landscaped terrace with an outdoor swimming pool, a chef’s catering kitchen, a private dining room for entertaining, a screening room, a game room and poker lounge, a children’s playroom, a fitness center, a bi-level library, a conference center, and multiple co-working spaces. Sven was developed by the @thedurstorg, which also restored the landmarked Clock Tower Building, repurposing it for commercial and retail use. The development also includes a half-acre public park in front of the new tower.