Foster and Partners’ additional work to the six-storey Hearst Building in New York has been topped out.


Raising Xanadu
Raising Xanadu


The building, which is not scheduled to be completed until next year, now rises to 46 storeys, 182 m above the original structure. The building will provide about 305,000 m2 of office space for one of America’s largest publishing companies. The tower has a triangulated form that uses 21% less steel than a traditional frame and is also structurally more resilient.