Part of:

• Fonds: Cornelia Hahn Oberlander fonds, 1936-2021
•    Series: Landscape architecture projects, 1947-2018
•      Project: New York Times Building, New York City, New York (2001), 2001-2016

People:

• Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (archive creator)
• Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (landscape architect)
• HM White Site Architects (landscape architectural firm)
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop (architectural firm)
• Fox & Fowle Architects (associated architectural firm)

Title:

New York Times Building, New York City, New York (2001)

Date:

2001-2016

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• 0.18 l.m. of textual records
  344 digital files (835 MB)
  133 reprographic copies
  3 photographic material

Scope and content:
Project series documents Cornelia Hahn Oberlander's landscape for the two gardens for the New York Times Building, in New York. The office tower, located on 8th Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop in association with Fox & Fowle (subsequently FXFowle) and opened in 2007. HM White Site Architects and Cornelia Hahn Oberlander collaborated on the design of the building's courtyard and rooftop gardens.

The project series also includes another landscaping project for the New York Times Building Loby Garden in the first half of 2010s. Oberlander worked on this project as landscape architect with Henry M White III from HM White Site Architects firm.

The project series contains design development, presentation drawings, and working drawings, including landscape sections and details, site plans, planting plans, irrigation plans, and plant schedule. The drawings also includes sets of plans of the building used as reference by Oberlander. The project is also documented through textual records, such as research material, correspondence with contractors, clients and architects, contracts, and specifications.

The project series also contains documents related to the restoration of the Garden Court, such as scope of work, landscape specifications, and correspondence with contractors. A few documents also relates to the project for the Loby Garden of the building, including digital photographs of the plant selection, digital photographs of the complete landscape work, physical and digital files of an application for ASLA award and proposal for a 2016 addition of trees.

Reference number:

AP075.S1.2001.PR05

Arrangement:
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location:

New York (City) New York United States

Contains:

• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.001, Concept development for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, circa 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.002, Invoices for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.003, Contract for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.004, Financial documents for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.005, Correspondence for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.006, Design development for the roof garden of the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001-2007
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.007, Design development for the courtyard of the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001-2007
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.008, Correspondence for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.009, Correspondence for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.010, Correspondence for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.011, Correspondence for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2003-2005
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.012, Correspondence for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2007-2009
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.013, Specifications for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001-2007
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.014, Climate and wind study for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.015, Research and plant selection for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001-2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.016, Press for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.017, Study of the building structure for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.018, Plant selection for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.019, Research for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001-2005
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.020, Design development drawings and presentation drawings for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.021, Design development drawings and presentation drawings for the New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.022, Reference drawings, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.023, Landscape sections and details, site plans, planting plans, irrigation plans, and plant schedules, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001-2009
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.024, Scope of work and specifications for landscape, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2009
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.025, Application to the ASLA award program, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, circa 2011
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.026, Correspondence with contractor on trees condition, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2010-2014
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.027, Proposal for restoration of loby garden, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2016
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.028, Application for American Society of Landscape Architects, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2010
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.029, Photographs of the lobby garden, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2016
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.030, Photographs of planting work for the lobby garden, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2007
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.031, Photographs of the lobby garden, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2009 - 2014
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.032, Lecture by landscape architects HMWhite, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2005
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.033, Photographs of the roof, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2008
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.034, Presentation on the roof top garden project, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2001
• AP075.S1.2001.PR05.035, Sections and plans, photographs of model, and photographs of trees selection for the lobby garden, New York Times Building, New York City, New York, 2002 - 2003