‘Located in Times Square, the New York Times Building will house the new headquarter of the newspaper. Transparent and permeable to people’s circulation, this 52-storey building expresses the intrinsic link between the newspaper and the city.

The facades of the tower are a combination of glass curtain walls and a scrim of white ceramic tubes. This scrim, positioned 61cm from the structure, acts as an energy efficient sunscreen. At the same time, it captures and reflects the shimmering and colours of New York’s light. In accordance with the spirit of the project, the lobby of the building is very open, transparent and permeable. At ground level, a large internal garden will be publicly accessible and visible from the street, thereby creating multiple transparencies through the block from 40th to 41th streets.
The lobby at the street level will also include a semipublic auditorium, restaurants and shops that are intended to be a part of the street environment. The base of the building (2nd, 3rd and 4th floors) will house the headquarters of the New York Times. Vertical cisrculation is provided by 28 elevators and by stairs located on the side facades and visible from the outside.’

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