New York Times Tower

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New York Times Tower
New York Times Tower
Basic data
Place: New York , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Construction time : 2003-2007
Status : Built
Architectural style : Modern
Architect : Renzo Piano , FX Fowle Architects
Use / legal
Usage : offices
Owner : New York Times Company
Technical specifications
Height : 319 m
Height to the top: 319 m
Height to the roof: 227 m
Top floor: 219.9 m
Rank (height) : 17th place (USA)
10th place (New York)
Floors : 52
Elevators : 32
Usable area : 143,000 m²
Building material : Structure: steel ;
Facade: glass , aluminum , ceramic rods

New York Times Tower (also The New York Times Building ) is the name of a super skyscraper in New York City . It is located in Midtown Manhattan and is the headquarters of the US daily newspaper The New York Times .

overview

Construction of the skyscraper began in 2003 and was completed in 2007 after a four-year construction period. The client was the well-known daily New York Times , which was planning to move its headquarters from the 41 Park Row Building to a larger building. The New York Times Tower is 319 meters high and is currently the tenth tallest building in New York City, together with the Chrysler Building , which also reaches 319 meters . The tower is also the 17th tallest building in the United States . The construction costs amounted to 850 million US dollars . The skyscraper is on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets; its official address is 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018.

Construction

The design includes many functions to increase energy efficiency. The sun protection, fully glazed with low-energy glass, maximizes the entry of natural light into the building, while ceramic rods block direct sunlight and thus relieve the air conditioning . Mechanical shading controlled by sensors reduces glare, while more than 18,000 individually dimmable fluorescent lights complement the natural light, so that energy savings of 30 percent are possible. In addition to the steel corset inside the tower, the stability of the building should also be guaranteed by various steel struts in the facade.

A natural gas-powered combined heat and power plant provides 40 percent of the electrical energy for the New York Times section within the building; the waste heat is used for heating and cooling. A raised floor system for underfloor air distribution is installed on the floors of the New York Times, which consumes less than conventional cooling. The building also has outside air cooling if it is cooler outside the building than inside.

The building has 52 floors, the ceiling of the highest floor is 227 meters high. A glass wall up to a height of 256 meters follows the facade. A tapered point was installed in the middle of the roof, resulting in a height of 319 meters.

The upper part of the tip is designed so that it can swing easily in the wind. Although the building is labeled as environmentally friendly, it is not LEED certified.

The New York Times uses the building up to and including the 27th floor. The remaining floors above were rented and are also used for office purposes. There is no facility for the public in the New York Times Tower, so it is not open to the public. The total usable area of ​​the tower amounts to around 143,000 m².

Incident on June 6, 2008

Alain Robert on the facade, 2008

On June 6th, 2008 the Frenchman Alain Robert , also known by the nickname "Spiderman", climbed the facade unsecured up to the edge of the roof. The reason he gave was that he wanted to draw attention to climate change . Only a little later another climber spontaneously followed suit. A spokeswoman for the New York Times said the newspaper wanted to prevent similar incidents in the future.

See also

Web links

Commons : The New York Times Building  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from Emporis
  2. ^ Skyscraperpage.com : New York Times Tower Building Information
  3. ↑ Video: “Extreme sportsman climbs the high-rise” , n-tv , June 6, 2008
  4. ↑ a b James Barron: "2 Men Scale New York Times Building Hours Apart" , New York Times , June 6, 2008
  5. ↑ “Spiderman keeps New York police in suspense” ( Memento from June 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Tages-Anzeiger , June 6, 2008, with video

  • The building under construction, 2006

  • View from the Empire State Building

  • View from below of the tower

  • The tower at night

Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 22.8 "  N , 73 ° 59 ′ 24.3"  W.