W. R. Grace Building
W. R. Grace Building | |
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Curved vertical facade fronting on 42nd Street | |
General information | |
Type | Commercial offices |
Location |
Sixth Avenue & 42nd Street New York City, New York |
Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°45′17″N 73°58′57″W / 40.75472°N 73.98250°W |
Construction started | 1971 |
Completed | 1974 |
Owner | Brookfield Office Properties |
Height | |
Roof | 192 m (630 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 50 |
Floor area | 1,518,000 sq ft (141,000 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect |
Gordon Bunshaft Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
The W. R. Grace Building is a skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed principally by Gordon Bunshaft, and completed in 1974.[1] The building was commissioned by the W.R. Grace Company, and was also used by the Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
The building is located at 1114 Sixth Avenue, but the main entrance is on 42nd Street, between 5th and 6th. It overlooks Bryant Park and the New York Public Library. The building size has approximately 1,518,000 rentable square feet, and sits on a site approximately 100 x 442 feet (67,875 square feet).
Architecture
One of the notable aesthetic attributes of the building is the concave vertical slope of its north and south facades, on 42nd and 43rd Street. This is similar to another of Bunshaft's creations, the Solow Building, which is no coincidence, as he had used the initial, rejected façade design for that building in his design for the Grace Building.[1] The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine, which forms a contrast against the black windows and makes the building appear brighter than those surrounding it.
The Grace Building is located on the former site of Stern's flagship department store and headquarters.
- W. R. Grace Building, looking up in front of the entrance on 42nd Street
- Tower against the sky
- View from intersection of 43rd Street and Sixth Avenue
- View looking up from plaza
- View from 40th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York Public Library in foreground
Tenants
- Bain & Company[2]
- Cooley[3]
- Interpublic Group of Companies
- Norddeutsche Landesbank
- People's Bank of China
- Southpoint Capital Advisors LP
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
- Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
- Insight Venture Partners
See also
References
- 1 2 "W. R. Grace Building". Emporis. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ↑ Bain New York City
- ↑ Cooley LLP | About Us | Offices | New York
External links
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