Hearst Tower - 300 West 57th Street @ Eighth Avenue - by Norman Foster

**kliq6** · August 20th, 2004, 07:22 PM

i agree this one will be fun to see rise

**ZippyTheChimp** · August 22nd, 2004, 06:02 PM

Sun, Aug 22

From Columbus Circle

**Gulcrapek** · August 22nd, 2004, 06:55 PM

Ohhhh yes.

**NoyokA** · August 22nd, 2004, 07:54 PM

FUN FUN FUN

I have a hunch this baby will sparkle and glisten.

**NYguy** · August 23rd, 2004, 08:10 AM

Nice photos. It also makes me anticipate the Freedom Tower rising...

**Johnnyboy** · August 23rd, 2004, 01:06 PM

doesn't the Freedom tower have the same type of outer wall with the shape of an xxx like this one?

**ZippyTheChimp** · August 24th, 2004, 08:43 AM

Yes.

Diagonal grid, or diagrid for short.

**NoyokA** · September 2nd, 2004, 02:54 PM

August 23, 2004 -- Aerial view of The Hearst Tower project.

August 23, 2004 -- Floors 16, 17 and 18, looking northeast.

August 23, 2004 -- View of atrium space.

**TLOZ Link5** · September 2nd, 2004, 05:03 PM

Let's see some glass, already!

**thirduncle** · September 8th, 2004, 06:19 AM

After tens of thousands of buildings based on the infectious aesthetic gonorrhea of Mies V.D. Rohe, someone finally figured out that glass could have different, vibrant colors like stained glass, and shaped in something other than a square. Lord Foster, you are truly a knight in shining armor!