The New York Times Building
New York Times Tower is a skyscraper in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan and is headquarters of the known U.S. newspaper The New York Times.
Overview
The construction of the skyscraper began in 2003 and was completed after a four- year construction period in 2007. The client was the well-known daily newspaper New York Times, which was planning its headquarters from 41 Park Row Building in a larger building to lay. The New York Times Tower is 319 meters high, making it currently the fourth-highest in New York City - after One World Trade Center (541 m), the Empire State Building ( 381 m ) and the Bank of America Tower (366 m) and is at the same height as the Chrysler Building ( also 319 m). Therefore, the rank of the city 's fifth tallest building is not required. Within the U.S., the building is ranked the eighth rank of the highest building in the country. The construction costs amounted to 850 million U.S. dollars. The skyscraper stands at the Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st Street; The official address is 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018th
Method of construction
The design includes many features to increase energy efficiency. The sun protection, fully glazed with low-energy glass, maximizes the entry of natural light in the building, while ceramic rods block the direct sunlight, thus relieving the air conditioning. A controlled sensors of mechanical shading reduces the glare that complement the natural light while more than 18,000 individually -dimmable fluorescent lights, so that energy savings of 30 percent are possible. The stability of the building is to be ensured in addition to the steel corset inside the tower by various steel bracing the façade.
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. In the floors of the New York Times is an increased floor system for underfloor air distribution is installed, the lower consumption than a conventional cooling. The building also includes an outside air cooling system, if it is cooler than the interior of the building outside.
The building has 52 floors, the ceiling of the highest floor reaches a height of 227 m. On the facades follows up to a height of 256 m, a glass wall. At the center of the roof peak has been installed, whereby the height of 319 m is established.
The upper part of the tip is designed so that it can easily swing in the wind. The building is indeed titled as environmentally friendly, but is not LEED - certified.
The New York Times uses the building to the 28th floor. The remaining floors above were rented, but also serve office purposes. A facility for the public are in the New York Times Tower not, it is therefore not accessible to the public. The total area of the tower amounts to around 143,000 m².
Incident on 6 June 2008
On 6 June 2008 climbed Frenchman Alain Robert, also known by the nickname " Spiderman " known insecure the facade up to the roof edge. The reason he said that they want to draw attention to climate change. Only a little later did it spontaneously after another climber. A spokeswoman for the New York Times, said that the newspaper wanted to prevent future similar incidents.