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Late Modernist Architecture Times Warner Center, NY. BY- Akshay Kumar Suman B.Arch. IV yr. Introduction to Building. Status - Completed in 2003 Architect – David M. Childs of SOM Location - 10 Columbus Circle New York Height - 750 ft (229 m ) Floor - 55 above ground
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Late Modernist ArchitectureTimes Warner Center, NY BY- Akshay Kumar Suman B.Arch. IV yr.
Introduction to Building • Status - Completed in 2003 • Architect – David M. Childs of SOM • Location - 10 Columbus Circle New York • Height - 750 ft (229 m ) • Floor - 55 above ground • Type - Multifunctional building • Investment- $1.7 bn • Owner - The Related Companies
Architect – David M. Childs • Birth - 1941 Princeton, New Jersey • Background - Yale school of architecture & New York Institute of Technology. • Project - 7 World Trade Center, Worldwide Plaza ,US News & world report Head Quarter and many more.
The complex has an interesting geometry derived from its site, its concave front facing onto the curve of Columbus Circle • its dominant twin towers shaped as parallelograms • Perfectly calibrated, glittering glass facades, the suave, sharp-edged precision that is amazingly subtle and refined for a structure of this enormous size.
Steel and alloys are used in panes and in window , in few parts exposed frame are used . • Skeleton Building • As geometrical mass • Metal grid facade
Shopping mall,whole food market grocery shop at the base of the building • The complex is also home to a 1,200 seat theater for Jazz at Lincoln center as well as CNN studio. • The two-hundred-and-fifty-room Mandarin Oriental hotel condominium apartments, a big retail atrium, restaurants, and space for cultural events
Thank you Source- www.nyc-architecture.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner_Center