The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge

The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge is a residential building in Covington, Kentucky, in the greater Cincinnati area. Designed by internally-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the building sits along the Ohio River across from the Roebling Bridge. It was commissioned in 2004 and was completed in 2008. Many newspapers, including the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Wall Street Journal, have associated the Ascent with a trend toward signature architecture for residential buildings. [cite news
last = Matzer Rose
first = Marla
title = Breaking ground, altering skyline
pages =
publisher = The Cincinnati Enquirer
date = November 17, 2005 ] [cite news
last = Frangos
first = Alex
title = Location, Location, Architect
pages = B1, B4
publisher = The Wall Street Journal
date = April 20, 2005 ]

Design

Libeskind, who had been a professor at the nearby University of Kentucky in Lexington in the 1970s, says that the Ohio River and the Roebling Bridge influenced his design. [cite news
last = Kelly
first = Kevin
title = Ascent makes debut; Covington applauds
pages =
publisher = The Cincinnati Enquirer
date = March 27, 2008 ] The building is 22 stories tall and ends in a sloped spiral roof. The concrete structure slopes outward from its base on its the eastern face and is clad in a glass curtain wall. [cite news
last = Ohio Concrete
first =
title = Great looks from both sides of the river
pages = Vol. 26 No.1
publisher = Ohio Concrete
date = May 2007 ] It houses 70 condominiums.

Studio Daniel Libeskind collaborated with GBBN Architects, THP Limited, and KLH Engineering for the building's construction. [cite web
last = Studio Daniel Libeskind
first =
title = Studio Daniel Libeskind: The Ascent at Roebling's Bridge
url=http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/projects/show-all/the-ascent-at-roebling-s-bridge/
accessdate = 2008-06-12 ]

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