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50 United Nations Plaza is a residential condominium building in Manhattan, New York City. [1] The 44-story tower, designed by Norman Foster's architectural firm Foster and Partners, is the first residential high-rise building in the United States designed by Foster. [1] It is variously described as having 87 [2] or 88 apartments. [1] [3]
In February 2001, the Hearst Corporation announced that it had hired Norman Foster to design a tower addition. [52] [121] [125] Foster's selection, which followed his failed bid to design the New York Times Building, led one architect to say: "My guess is Hearst wanted to outdo the Times."
Selene (formerly known as 100 East 53rd Street and 610 Lexington Avenue) is a residential skyscraper at the southwest corner of 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 64-story tower, completed in 2019, was designed by Norman Foster. [3] At 711 feet (217 m) tall, it is the 77th tallest building in New York.
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first Sir Norman Foster building in the Southern Hemisphere 2002: 2006: Dresden Hauptbahnhof reconstruction: Dresden: Germany: 2006: Hearst Tower: New York City, NY: United States [4] 2006: Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building at the University of Toronto: Toronto, Ontario: Canada [5] 2006: Palace of Peace and Reconciliation: Astana: Kazakhstan ...
British architect Norman Foster of Foster and Partners was hired to design the new 2 World Trade Center, on the northeastern part of the World Trade Center site at 200 Greenwich Street, in May 2006. Meanwhile, Richard Rogers and Fumihiko Maki were selected as the architects for 3 and 4 World Trade Center, respectively.
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In 1981, Foster received a commission for the construction of a new terminal building at London's Stansted Airport. Executed by Foster + Partners, the building, recognised as a landmark work of high-tech architecture, was opened to the public in 1991, and was awarded the 1990 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der ...