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Hearst Tower
Height: To Tip
182 m / 597 ft
Height:
Architectural
182 m / 597 ft
Floors Above Ground
46
Floors Below Ground
1
Tower GFA
79,524 m² / 855,989 ft²
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Facts Companies Involved
Official Name Hearst Tow er Ow ner/Developer Hearst Corporation; Tishman Speyer Properties
Other Names Hearst Magazine Tow er Architect
Structure Type Building • Design Foster + Partners
Status Completed • Architect of Record Adamson Associates
Country United States Structural Engineer
City New York City • Design W SP Cantor Seinuk
Street Address & Map 959 8th Avenue MEP Engineer
Postal Code 10019 • Design W SP Flack + Kurtz
Building Function office Main Contractor Turner Construction Company
Structural Material steel Other Consultant
Energy Label LEED Platinum • Civil Langan Engineering
Proposed 2000 • Cost AECOM
Construction Start 2003 • Energy Concept Vidaris, Inc.
Completion 2006 • Environmental Langan Engineering
Rankings C lick arrows to view the next taller/shorter buildings • Façade Vidaris, Inc.; Permasteelisa Group
Regional Ranking #367 Tallest in North America • Geotechnical Langan Engineering
• Interiors Gensler
• Quantity Surveyor Turner Construction Company
• Roofing Vidaris, Inc.
• Sustainability Vidaris, Inc.
Material Supplier
• Steel ArcelorMittal
About Hearst T ower
Atop the hollowed shell of the landmark office building erected in 1928, The Hearst Headquarters became the first New York City commercial
office building to achieve Gold LEED Certification from the US Green Building Council.
Using 26% less energy than a building constructed to normal code, the Hearst Headquarters features a distinct, thermal efficient diagrid
design that provides an open interior with a panoramic view over Central Park. The building’s unique design saved 2,000 tons of steel,
involved 90% of steel made from recycled material and required only 10% of all materials to be imported during construction, reducing overall
cost and emissions.
A 14,000 gallon reclamation tank was introduced to recycle rainwater from the building’s rooftop to supplement cooling systems, water plant
life and support the building’s innovative “Icefall” water feature that controls lobby temperature and humidity. The system reduces the
tower’s sewer runoff by 25%.
Hearst’s additional “green” features include: variable air volume system, central air handling units on the 18th floor, temperature control
units on each floor, radiant floors to heat the lobby, 100% outside air purge cycle for operational flexibility and post construction indoor air
quality management, daylight sensors, humidity sensors and controls, low emissions materials, CO2 sensors for demand controlled ventilation
and VOC sensors.
Hearst Tower
CT BUH Initiatives Global News
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4 Nov 2016 – CTBUH News
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CTBUH Names Tall Building Award Winners and Finalists 31 Jan 2013 – The latest issue of The New Yorker features an…
22 Jun 2016 – Awards Event
Building Movement and Damping Workshop, Shanghai 2014
16 Sep 2014 – Event Report Videos
Integrating Old with New: Hearst Tower
3 Nov 2016 – Louis Nowikas, Hearst Corporation
Interview: Hearst Tower
3 Nov 2016 – Louis Nowikas, Hearst Corporation
Hearst Headquarters: Innovation and Heritage in Harmony
5 Mar 2008 – Ahmad Rahimian, Yoram Eilon & Bart Sullivan, WSP
Cantor Seinuk
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Research Papers CT BUH Awards
Dynamic Interrelationship between the Evolution of the Best Tall Sustainable Building 2007 Winner
Structural Systems and Façade Design in Tall Buildings CTBUH Awards 2007
Mar 2018 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 7
Number 1 10 Year Award 2016 Winner
CTBUH Awards 2016
An Overview of Structural & Aesthetic Developments in Tall
Buildings Using Exterior Bracing & Diagrid Systems
1 Dec 2016 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 5
Number 4
Stability of Diagrid Structures
1 Dec 2016 – International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 5
Number 4
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