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The New York Times Building is a 52-story skyscraper at 620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets near Times Square, on the west side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Its chief tenant is the New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times. The building is 1,046 ft (318.8 m) tall to its pinnacle, with a roof height of 748 ft ...
- August 23, 2004
- 52
- 1,545,708 sq ft (143,601.0 m²)
- Introduction
- Location
- Concept
- Spaces
- Energy Savings
In the year 2000, the Italian architect Renzo Piano won the competition to build a new skyscraper in mid-town New York City, the headquarters for one of the world’s most important newspapers, The New York Times. Other renowned architects such as Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, and Frank Gehryalso participated in this very contested competition. This pr...
The New York Times headquarters is located in the Times Square area of Manhattan, at the junction of Eighth Avenue and 40th and 41st Streets, New York, United States.
The building consists of a 52-story tower and a 4-story base, respecting the height of neighboring buildings. It embodies a concept of immateriality and transparency as a symbol of the qualities of the media, contrasting with Manhattan’s typical closed-off structures. The facade is covered by a ceramic profile membrane that filters sunlight and ens...
The construction hovers over an open and transparent ground floor, dedicated to public spaces, an atrium, a garden with 52-foot tall birch trees, an auditorium, restaurants, and shops. The entrance hall visually and physically connects 40th and 41st Streets, accessible from both sides. This space is organized around the elevator shafts, notable for...
The building incorporates numerous features to enhance energy efficiency. The facade consists of a high-luminosity double-glazed wall. The building is encased in a kind of cage made of ceramic tubes placed on a steel structure. Due to its thermal and luminous absorption rates, this structure allows for energy savings of over thirty percent. This is...
- Octava Avenida 620, New York, New York, United States
One Times Square (also known as 1475 Broadway, the New York Times Building, the New York Times Tower, the Allied Chemical Tower or simply as the Times Tower) is a 25-story, 363-foot-high (111 m) skyscraper on Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz in the neo-Gothic style, the tower ...
- 1903; 120 years ago
- 25
- 110,599 sq ft (10,275.0 m²)
References. [1] 229 West 43rd Street (formerly The New York Times Building, The New York Times Annex, and the Times Square Building) is an 18-story office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1913 and expanded in three stages, it was the headquarters of The New York Times newspaper until 2007.
- 1912
- 229 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, New York City
- 18
Feb 19, 2008 · The building isn’t cheap: The costs exceed $1 billion total. Since the 1.5-million-square-foot project is co-owned in a condominium arrangement with developers Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the Times portion (floors 2 to 27) is expected to cost about $604 to 624 million, and FCRC’s spec space (floors 29 to 52) about $400 to 429 million.
Nov 20, 2007 · The grand old 18-story neo-Gothic structure on 43rd Street, home to The New York Times for nearly a century, had its sentimental charms. But it was a depressing place to work. Its labyrinthine ...
Nov 14, 2001 · The Times Building, on the other hand, is a three-dimensional understatement tucked away at 229 West 43rd. ... senior vice president of The New York Times Company, recommitted The Times to ...
