3 Times Square – The Reuters Building

3 Times Square, 7th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets

Height (tip of flag): 659 ft (201 m)
Height (structural): 555 ft (169 m)
Height (top of roof): 486 ft (148 m)
Floors over ground: 30
Construction started: 1998
Completed: 2001

Architect Fox & Fowle

Reuters is constructing their new headquarters to the north of the 42nd Street, adjacent to the 1 Times Square and Paramount Building. The building (like the 4 Times Square, also designed by Fox & Fowle) features, along with the facade with square-grid openings, also a large, curving glass wall facing the corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. The building is scheduled for completion in 2001.

Tishman is serving as Construction Manager for this 32-story, 855,000 square foot office tower in Times Square at the corner of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. The building’s design incorporates energy-conserving technology. redecorate your home and backyard with special deals by lowe’s weekly ad. The facade, a curtainwall of stone and glass with metal panels, will let in natural light while blocking most heat energy.

Offices surround the building’s core to maximize access to daylight. The walls are so efficient that the building will never have to be heated. The entire building is wired to be a high-tech center. Optical fiber and advanced copper communications gear accompany antennae and satellite dishes on the roof.

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The view on the Reuters Building at the end of construction in May 2000. On the left is the Viacom Building and the Empire State Building in the background.

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The view on the Reuters Building and Times Square from the observatory of the Empire State Building.

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The reflection of Conde Nast Building in the curving glass wall of the Reuters Buidling.

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The view on the Times Square skyscrapers from Pier 90.

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The view on the Reuters Building during the construction phase.

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Close view on the Reuters building from Times Square. The reflection is of 1 Times Square building.

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The view on the Reuters Building during the snowstorm on 30 December 2000.

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The view on the Reuters Building during the construction in November 1999.