New York honours for Hearst Tower designed by Sir Norman Foster of Foster and Partners

Hearst Tower has won the prestigious Best New Building Award at the 6th annual MASterwork awards ceremony in New York. The tower was designed by Sir Norman Foster of Foster and Partners in London and is his first building in New York. Gensler worked with Foster and Partners to incorporate green design and construction features to create an energy-conserving office environment for 2,000 Hearst employees.

The exterior of the new tower is dominated by a “diagrid” design; the exterior is a series of four-storey, peeled-back steel triangles on a facade of sloping floor-to-ceiling glass, allowing the office and plaza areas to be flooded with natural light.
A series of diagonal escalators set between a cascading waterfall of chilled water connect the street level to the grand internal plaza, with elevated mezzanine levels used for meetings, exhibitions and special functions.