Gallery: The World’s Tallest Modular Building May Teach Cities to Build Cheaper Housing
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461 Dean is the tallest modular building in the world.
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The 32-story building is built from 930 modules.
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Each of the 363 units in the building are made from either one, two, or three modules.
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The building was designed to buck traditional conceptions of modular design.
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461 Dean next to Barclays Center, which also features a modular facade.
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Some of the modules have a flatiron shape.
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The building's modules were lifted by crane and inserted into a steel frame like building blocks.
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The view from a bedroom.
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