| Hearst Tower | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Hearst_Tower_(August_2024).jpg) Seen from the southeast in 2024 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Structural expressionism |
| Address | 300 West 57th Street; 959 Eighth Avenue |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°46′00″N 73°59′01″W / 40.7666°N 73.9836°W |
| Construction started | 1927 (original building) April 2003 (tower) |
| Completed | 1928 (original building) 2006 (tower) |
| Cost | $500 million |
| Height | |
| Roof | 597 ft (182 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 46 |
| Floor area | 856,000 square feet (79,525 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 21 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Joseph Urban and George B. Post & Sons (original building) Norman Foster and Adamson Associates Architects (tower) |
| Developer | Tishman Speyer |
| Structural engineer | WSP Cantor Seinuk |
| Main contractor | Turner Construction |
| Awards and prizes | International Highrise Award 2008 |
| Designated | February 16, 1988[1] |
| Reference no. | 1925[2] |
| Designated entity | Hearst Magazine Building |
The Hearst Tower is a building at the southwest corner of 57th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It is the world headquarters of media conglomerate Hearst Communications, housing many of the firm's publications and communications companies. The Hearst Tower consists of two sections, with a total height of 597 feet (182 m) and 46 stories. The six lowest stories form the Hearst Magazine Building (also known as the International Magazine Building), designed by Joseph Urban and George B. Post & Sons, which was completed in 1928. Above it is the Hearst Tower addition, designed by Norman Foster and finished in 2006.
The building's main entrance is on Eighth Avenue. The original structure is clad with stone and contains six pylons with sculptural groups. The tower section above has a glass-and-metal facade arranged as a diagrid, or diagonal grid, which doubles as its structural system. The original office space in the Hearst Magazine Building was replaced with an atrium during the Hearst Tower's construction. The tower is certified as a green building as part of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
Hearst Magazine Building developer William Randolph Hearst acquired the site for a theater in the mid-1920s, in the belief that the area would become the city's next large entertainment district, but changed his plans to construct a magazine headquarters there. The original building was developed as the base for a larger tower, which was postponed because of the Great Depression. A subsequent expansion proposal, during the 1940s, also failed. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the facade of the original building as a city landmark in 1988. After Hearst Communications considered expanding the structure again during the 1980s, the tower stories were developed in the first decade of the 21st century.