Title & Author:

New York Times Building & the Shard / [presented by] Renzo Piano.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2007.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (31 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Renzo Piano -- The New York Times Building In Manhattan -- Aerial View Of London Bridge -- The Shard (Proposed Skyscraper Building At London Bridge): Computer Graphic -- The Shard (Proposed Skyscraper Building At London Bridge): Computer Graphic Of Section Showing Mixed Usage -- The Shard (Proposed Skyscraper Building At London Bridge): Computer Graphic Looking North To The City -- Aurora Place, Sydney Harbour -- The Shard (Proposed Skyscraper Building At London Bridge): Computer Graphic Of Office Interior -- New York Times Building -- The Shard (Proposed Skyscraper Building At London Bridge): Computer Graphic At Night.

Summary:

Renzo Piano discusses two tall building projects - the New York Times Building in Manhattan and The Shard in Southwark, London. He describes the drivers of each of the designs and the reasons why they have resulted in such very different forms.

Subject:

Architecture, Postmodern.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture postmoderne.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Postmodern.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Piano, Renzo, narrator.

New York Times Building and the Shard