Ushering in a new era in comprehensive cardiac care, the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital officially opened to patients and their families in February 2010.

A five-story, 142,000-square-foot building, it links two buildings, Milstein Hospital and Irving Pavilion, creating a new entrance that improves public access. It was designed by award-winning architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and daSILVA Architects. Located on Fort Washington Avenue and 165th Street in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood, it features a dramatic glass curtain façade and offers sweeping views of the Hudson River.

Pilkington Planar™ Specification

Climate Wall (to tension structure)
 
Exterior – Single Laminated Glass

15 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T - 1.52 mm PVB interlayer - 8 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ HN

Interior – Insulating Glass units incorporating Laminated Glass

6 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T/16 Airspace /10 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T -1.52 PVB interlayer - 6 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™

Atrium (to steel structure)
 
Wall – Insulating Glass units incorporating 2 Panes of Laminated Glass

6 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ HN -1.52 SGP interlayer - 10 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T/16 airspace /6 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ HN - 1.52 SGP interlayer - 6 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ HN

Skylight – Insulating Glass units incorporating Laminated Glass

12 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T/16 Airspace /6 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ HN - 1.52 SGP interlayer - 6mm Pilkington Optiwhite™

Storefront (to tension structure & fins)

15 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T - 1.52 SGP interlayer - 12 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T

Roof – Single Laminated Glass

15 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T - 1.52 SGP interlayer - 10 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T

Single Toughened Glass - 19 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T (Fins)
Single Laminated Glass - 10 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T -1.52 SGP interlayer - 10 mm Pilkington Optiwhite™ T (Canopy)
 
Wall – Single Laminated Glass