New York Times Building [2007] (New York, NY) : Central courtyard garden (behind the tower), off the public lobby
- Creator:
- Renzo Piano Building Workshop
- Published/Created:
- New York, New York, United States
620 Eighth Avenue, between West 40th and West 41st St.
2001-2007 - Physical Description:
- 748 ft (height, without mast)
- Materials:
- steel; glass; ceramic rods
- Notes:
- The tower was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and FXFOWLE Architects, with Gensler providing interior design. The lighting design for the building's nighttime identity was designed by the Office for Visual Interaction Inc. The 52 story steel-framed building, cruciform in plan, utilizes a screen of 1 5/8 in. (41.3 mm) ceramic rods mounted on the exterior of the glass curtain wall on the east, west and south facades. The rod spacing increases from the base to the top, providing greater transparency as the building rises. The steel framing and bracing is exposed at the four corner "notches" of the building. The building is promoted as a Green structure, although it is not LEED certified.
- Variant Titles:
- 620 Eighth Avenue
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Contemporary
Twenty-first century - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-PR-NYTB-F11
- Coordinates:
- +40.756389-73.99
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
office buildings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings architecture; business, commerce and trade; contemporary (1960 to present); Newspapers; Sustainable buildings; ceramic engineering
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Seven
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc. - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4349
- OID:
- 10468513
- PID:
- digcoll:1788005