The New School to Honor Douglas Durst at 2008 LaGuardia Award Dinner
Annual Benefit Raises Scholarship Funds for The New School. Hosted by New School President Bob Kerrey and Featuring Keynote Speaker Will Rogers.
Date 2008-09-09
One Bryant Park: Making a Point on the Skyline
Like a shard of quartz thrusting up from Manhattan bedrock, The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park almost effortlessly tapers 1,200 feet to the tip of its spire—a naturally occurring element in the New York skyline. But creating this urban icon took the monumental coordination of 25,000 tons of structural steel, eight steel fabricators, and a cunningly engineered, cost-saving column design. The collective result is a high-performance tower with equal doses of practicality and poetry.
Date 2008-04-03
Documenting Performance: Does it need to be so hard?
The Editor's Commentary in the Fall 2008 issue of High Performing Buildings (HPB) distilled some of the "Lessons Learned" over the first year of publishing HPB. The commentary stated "getting energy performance data should be easy but what we've learned in our first year is that energy consumption can be a complex issue, and the data that are available need some analysis."
Date 2008-02-01
Author Adam W. Hinge, P.E., Member ASHRAE; and Donald J. Winston, P.E., Member ASHRAE,
The Proof is Performance: How Does 4 Times Square Measure Up?
The road to high performing buildings is paved with high expectations but, ultimately, it is measured performance that shows how energy efficient a building really is. As owners and managers of more than 8 million ft of Class A office space in midtown Manhattan, including the Conde Nast Building at 4 Times Square, The Durst Organization understands this concept well.
Date 2008-01-30
Author Adam W. Hinge, P.E., Member ASHRAE; and Donald J. Winston, P.E., Member ASHRAE
Al Gore Moving Into Douglas Durst’s One Bryant Park
Al Gore will be taking an office downstairs from developer Douglas Durst, as his investment firm Generation Investment Management is planning a move from its Washington, D.C., offices to the Durst Organization’s Bank of America Tower.
Date 2007-11-13
Author Eliot Brown