2024-11-21T13:54:18-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150328031/foster-partners-50-hudson-yards-officially-opens-in-new-york-city Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2022-10-25T21:05:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/94/94684c178d773acc59be0b969ed6a010.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a>&rsquo; 50 Hudson Yards, a 78-story, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/238888/mixed-use" target="_blank">mixed-use</a> office tower in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/12384/new-york-city" target="_blank">New York City</a> has officially opened.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff1580bdff007fda8f4df12916106de6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff1580bdff007fda8f4df12916106de6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p>The nearly three million-square-foot and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/36738/leed-gold" target="_blank">LEED Gold</a>-designed structure occupies an entire block and features flexible office space, retail facilities, and public spaces. It also offers restaurants, bike parking, and transport connections, which is in the form of an underground connection to the adjacent subway station. Work on the latest addition to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/53803/hudson-yards" target="_blank">Hudson Yards</a> began in 2016.<br></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d2b003bc2907fdf0efd3953565d4a35e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d2b003bc2907fdf0efd3953565d4a35e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>&ldquo;Our project is a response to the site within Hudson Yards, but its geometry also respects the wider context of the New York street grid,&rdquo; said Foster + Partners founder <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4305/norman-foster/" target="_blank">Norman Foster</a>. &ldquo; The innovative elevator strategy and unique space planning provide prime users of the tower with their own lobbies, exclusive access, and separate identities.&nbsp; Column-free floor plates and generous ceiling heights provide high-quality workspaces with maximum flexibility for change in the future. A purpose-built tunnel c...</p>