NEW YORK | New York Times Tower (Gehry) | 45 FLOORS | NEVER BUILT

BrandonJXN · #1 Posted **Jun 25, 2008, 2:02 AM**

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The architects’ entry was a 1.5-million-square-foot, 45-story glass tower that presented a swirl of facades that, at street level, resembled a folded copy of the Times caught in the wind. As the building rose, the form resolves into a more rectilinear shaft, with leasable floor plates. At its apex, the building erupted into peaks inspired by the Times’s calligraphic masthead font. The duality between calm and chaos they created allowed the building to conform to the street grid, while also carving out a unique identity on the skyline. It has been said that the collaboration between Gehry and Childs was strained, but for whatever reason, the team withdrew its design just weeks before the competition concluded. The commission went to Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Fox & Fowle Architects, whose design is under construction.

Shame really. I really wanted to see this become reality. I loved it's 'rolled up newspaper' design.

M II A II R II K · #2 Posted **Aug 19, 2008, 9:12 PM**

That does look like a weird one for sure.

Patrick · #3 Posted **Aug 19, 2008, 11:09 PM**

Too bad we didnt get it, instead we got crap

Dac150 · #4 Posted **Aug 19, 2008, 11:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Patrick

Too bad we didnt get it, instead we got crap

BrandonJXN · #5 Posted **Aug 20, 2008, 11:25 PM**

^ Compared to what we could've gotten with the newspaper then yes the current NY Times tower is crap.

Dac150 · #6 Posted **Aug 20, 2008, 11:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

^ Compared to what we could've gotten with the newspaper then yes the current NY Times tower is crap.

I don't agree, but if you like this version you like this version.

StarScraperCity · #7 Posted **Aug 21, 2008, 3:02 AM**

I wasn't a fan of this one, but I would definitely have taken it over the current building.

Aleks · #8 Posted **Aug 21, 2008, 4:35 AM**

I really really like the current structure. Ghery is great but I don't like this design. It doesn't look better than the current NTB imo.

Austin55 · #9 Posted **Aug 21, 2008, 5:32 AM**

i thisone. Im not normmally one for this organic flowing kinda stuff,but this ones nice,and alot better than the current one.

ItsConanOBrien · #10 Posted **Aug 27, 2008, 3:53 PM**

I like what was built but I like this just a little bit more. l'm a big fan of the top of this one.

Tanster · #11 Posted **Aug 27, 2008, 10:19 PM**

That would have been one awesome tower. I guess it was to bold. Though I love the curves on the building

Starsky · #12 Posted **Sep 4, 2008, 9:08 AM**

Thank god thank god thank god this thing never saw the light of day. People who enjoy this, do you like architecture or art? Have you ever lived in a city thats been blighted by Gehry before?

ltsmotorsport · #13 Posted **Sep 4, 2008, 8:48 PM**

What a missed opportunity. I'm no Gehry lover, but this is so much better that what was built, imo.

JDRCRASH · #14 Posted **Sep 8, 2008, 3:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by ThreeHundred

^ Compared to what we could've gotten with the newspaper then yes the current NY Times tower is crap.

Did you like this tower because it resembles Grand Ave. Project? Because thats why I do.

BrandonJXN · #15 Posted **Sep 10, 2008, 2:04 AM**

^ Uhh..no?

CGII · #16 Posted **Sep 10, 2008, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Tanster

That would have been one awesome tower. I guess it was to bold. Though I love the curves on the building

Gehry was bold twenty years ago. Now it's novelty.

Pinion · #17 Posted **Sep 15, 2008, 11:32 PM**

I don't know any famous architects except Gehry and I only remember him because his stuff is so awful and it all looks the same (melted metal bs). He even managed to ruin a hockey trophy.

drew11 · #18 Posted **Dec 24, 2008, 6:14 AM**

It's verry unique, thats about all I can say.

mainstreet · #19 Posted **Dec 24, 2008, 7:03 PM**

I have to say that a lot of Gehry's stuff in the last decade has looked very similar - I love his early stuff, but now it's getting kind of annoying in that they're starting to all look the same. BUT, this one is actually the best I've seen him do in a long time, I really like this one, it fits the grid nicely and the characteristic wild walls are subtle in this one and work very well. Shame, I like it much better than Piano's.

BrandonJXN · #20 Posted **Jun 19, 2009, 4:01 AM**

Hard to find pictures of this but here is another one.