2007-11-27 09:41:02就是愛建築

Building The Times by Annie Leibovitz

Renzo Piano 設計之紐約時報大樓(New York Times)啟用,興建過程中由 Annie Leibovitz 參與記錄。

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關於 Annie Leibovitz

Photojournalist and portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz is recognized as one of the most celebrated photographers of our time. Her witty, powerful images, which have been appearing on magazine covers and in books for three decades, have become part of the popular psyche.

Leibovitz’s astute observations of American popular culture appeared first in her legendary work for Rolling Stone in the 1970s and have continued through her long affiliation with Vanity Fair and Vogue. In 2005, when the American Society of Magazine Editors voted on the top 40 magazine covers of the past 40 years, Leibovitz photos claimed the top two spots: Her sophisticated and elegant portrait of a naked, very pregnant Demi Moore for Vanity Fair came in at #2 and her portrait of John Lennon curled around his wife Yoko Ono, published by Rolling Stone, was voted #1. The Brooklyn Museum plans a major exhibition of her work, to open in October 2006.

In addition to her magazine work, Leibovitz has accepted many commissions. In 1987, she created the popular and award-winning “Portraits“ campaign for American Express, which was named “Campaign of the Decade“ by Advertising Age magazine. She has also created influential advertising campaigns for The Gap, the Milk Board, Givenchy, The Sopranos, and the Arts and Entertainment network. Leibovitz has worked with many artistic organizations, including the American Ballet Theatre and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov’s dance projects.

A retrospective of her work, Annie Leibovitz: Photographs 1970-1990, was published in 1991, in conjunction with exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the International Center of Photography in New York. In 1995, she created the official portfolio for the 1996 Summer Olympics, held in Atlanta, Georgia. Women, a book of Leibovitz’s portraits, with an essay by Susan Sontag, was published in 1999.

In 2003, Random House published her American Music, and an exhibition of portraits from the book opened at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. The exhibition traveled to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in 2004.

One of only two living photographers to have had an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery, Annie Leibovitz began her career as a portrait photographer in 1970, a year before she earned her degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. Ms. Leibovitz was named Chief Photographer for Rolling Stone while still in her 20s, and the first Contributing Photographer for Vanity Fair ten years later.
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Building the Times: Photographs by Annie Leibovitz

Photographs
Taken between July 2005 and July 2006

Location
The New York Times Building construction site on the east side of Eighth Avenue, between West 40th and 41st Streets

Design Director
Michael Bierut, Partner, Pentagram Design

Project Inspiration
The 1930s photographs of Margaret Bourke-White and Lewis Hine, who documented the construction of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, respectively

Project Duration
Ms. Leibovitz will visit and photograph the site through the building’s construction and the initial occupancy of tenants, in early 2007

Project Sponsored by
Forest City Ratner Companies
關於 The New York Times Building

Type
Premium Class-A office space and upscale retail

District
Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City

Address
620 Eighth Avenue, between West 40th and 41st Streets

Architect
Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with FXFOWLE Architects

Owners
The New York Times Company (58% owner), Forest City Ratner Companies

Developer
Forest City Ratner Companies

Financing
$320 million loan from GMAC Commercial Mortgage Credit

Height
52 Stories (1,142 feet tall, including antenna)

Office Floorplate
Approximately 32,000 rentable square feet with 30-foot column spacing, 9.5-foot ceilings

Retail Space Available
Approximately 21,000 square feet of ground floor space with approximately 700 square feet of frontage

Size
1.6 million gross square feet on a 79,000-square-foot parcel

Amenities
Ground floor, glass-walled garden planted with Paper Birch trees, Fern moss and Hair-Cap moss; ability for top-floor tenant to build conference facility on roof; 380-seat auditorium with gallery and pre-function space; renovated subway entrance adjacent to the building

Tenancy
Upon completion, The New York Times Company will own and occupy the lower half of the building; Forest City Ratner Companies will lease the upper floors

Tenants
Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Covington & Burling; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Legg Mason

Tenant Occupancy
Early 2007

For more information about The New York Times Building please visit www.newyorktimesbuilding.com