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    Renzo Piano's New York Times Building

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    Elsewhere in the New York Times Building, stairs are easily identified, thanks to a red glass guardrail.
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    In the Times Center, the newsroom is organized around an open central volume, analogous to the garden.
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    The Times Building's ceramic shading system stops short of the corners, allowing unobstructed views of Manhattan.
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    Thanks to a nearly all-glass building envelope, the Times Building gives impressive views of Manhattan.
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    Corner detail.
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    The glass facade of the Times Building is shaded by a screen of horizontal ceramic rods set 18 inches (46 centimeters) from the building envelope.
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    Times Building fourth-floor plan.
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    Typical tower floor plan.
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    At night, the Times Building's heavily glazed facade becomes a light fixture in the Manhattan skyline.
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    The New York Times Company occupies the 26 floors above the lobby of the Times Building, while most of the floors above are speculative office space.
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