Architect Bjarke Ingels is transforming the Williamsburg waterfront
Feature from the Brooklyn Eagle blog community
The stunning triangular viewing platform that rises out over the East River planned for Pier 6 at the Atlantic Avenue entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park is not Bjarke Ingels’ first connection to Brooklyn.
Last July the Brooklyn Eagle published a feature interview with Brooklyn native and South Florida Real Estate Developer Asi Cymbal, featuring Cymbal Development’s new project “Marina Lofts” along the Fort Lauderdale waterfront. Cymbal’s waterfront project, he said, was inspired by the Williamsburg waterfront.
Cymbal’s visionary projects that combine residential structures with high end retail space completely transform and revitalize urban landscapes. He is becoming known as one of South Florida’s top real estate developers. The City of Fort Lauderdale along with South Florida economic development groups believe Cymbal’s Marina Lofts project will reawaken the Fort Lauderdale waterfront, attracting young professionals and new consumers to the area.
Cymbal chose the famous Danish architect Bjarke Ingels to design Marina Lofts. Ingels was named the “Innovator of the Year” by the Wall Street Journal in 2011.