Comments on: The Happy Couple http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/27/the-happy-couple/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/27/the-happy-couple/#comment-200660 cookie monster Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:24:22 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1983#comment-200660 Good idea about a Norman Foster category - but what about a Richard Rogers or Zaha Hadid mega post? Or a Frank Gehry one to keep our colonial cousins happy? Good idea about a Norman Foster category - but what about a Richard Rogers or Zaha Hadid mega post? Or a Frank Gehry one to keep our colonial cousins happy?

]]> By: Rob http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/06/27/the-happy-couple/#comment-200600 Rob Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:09:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=1983#comment-200600 Columbus Circle is quite literally New York's Sightseeing Central, if I had space I would have gone on a full scale ramble about Norman Foster's <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&layer=c&ie=UTF8&cbll=40.766837,-73.982794&panoid=Zrp6HhFRfRNl2YQkaAIJHA&cbp=1,255.74789988365467,,0,-43.78587409038762&ll=40.768119,-73.982341&spn=0.002917,0.005295&t=h&z=18" rel="nofollow">Hearst Tower</a>, which was the first skyscraper to begin construction after September 11th. Its design is known as a 'diagrid' - Wikipedia tells us that it is also incredibly environmentally friendly, with 80% of the steel used in the construction being recycled - in fact it won the 2006 "Emporis Skyscraper Award." There is even a huge waterfall in the lobby which helps to cool and humidify the air. The tower is named after the Hearst Corp that occupy it, who publish magazines like Cosmo, Esquire, Good Housekeeping as well as many national papers. Maybe we need a 'Norman Foster' category? :D Columbus Circle is quite literally New York’s Sightseeing Central, if I had space I would have gone on a full scale ramble about Norman Foster’s Placemark: Hearst Tower / Google Earth, which was the first skyscraper to begin construction after September 11th. Its design is known as a ‘diagrid’ - Wikipedia tells us that it is also incredibly environmentally friendly, with 80% of the steel used in the construction being recycled - in fact it won the 2006 “Emporis Skyscraper Award.”

There is even a huge waterfall in the lobby which helps to cool and humidify the air. The tower is named after the Hearst Corp that occupy it, who publish magazines like Cosmo, Esquire, Good Housekeeping as well as many national papers.

Maybe we need a ‘Norman Foster’ category? :D

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