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Hearst Tower – New York City, New York, U.S.

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Building: Hearst Tower
Location: 300 West 57th Street, New York City, New York
Completed: 2006
Architect: Foster + Partners
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk
MEP Design: WSP Flack + Kurtz Inc.
Contractor: Turner Construction
Civil: Langan Engineering
Environmental: Langan Engineering
Geotechnical: Langan Engineering
Cost Analysis: AECOM
Interiors: Gensler

AE Interests: daylighting, light-sensored artificial lighting, reuse of collected rainfall, sustainability, diagrid structural system, LEED Platinum

Research Papers:
Stability of Diagrid Structures
An Overview of Structural & Aesthetic Developments in Tall Buildings Using Exterior Bracing & Diagrid Systems

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Updated by Miguel Yapur, June 2020

Written by Aalok Bhattarai

August 27, 2009 at 1:21 am

Posted in Built

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