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2015 photos
Interior -The Buffalo News Building
1 News Plaza, Buffalo, NY
Completion: |
1973 |
Architect: |
Edward Durell Stone and Associates |
Contractor: | Siegfried Construction Company |
Style: |
International |
The fourth floor is similar to
the third in terms of office layout with the exception of center of the
plan which is opened from above to a set of skylights that covers
nearly 5000 square feet of the plan. Below the skylight opening is a 4800 square foot planter with built in benches that brings life and greenery to the otherwise cool concrete surfaces of the walls and ceiling. The fifth floor is reduced in interior square footage to provide and exterior balcony
that wraps around three sides of the building. The top [fifth] floor of
the building also holds the News’ cafeteria and the executive offices. Stone was clearly influenced by the International Style as the building can be seen as a Brutalist expression of the style that Philip Johnson coined in 1932. The News exhibits all five points that were distinct to the style: free façade, open plan, strip windows, roof gardens, and pilotes. The planting on the exterior balcony can be interpreted as the project's roof garden providing greenery to the occupants. -Docomomo (online Jan. 2015)
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First floor ... Duplicate office space on both sides Fourth and fifth floors " The fourth floor is similar to the third in terms of office layout with the exception of center of the plan which is opened from above to a set of skylights that covers nearly 5000 square feet of the plan. Below the skylight opening is a 4800 square foot planter with built in benches that brings life and greenery to the otherwise cool concrete surfaces of the walls and ceiling. " Fourth and fifth floors Fourth and fifth floors Fifth floor "The fifth floor is reduced in interior square footage to provide and exterior balcony that wraps around three sides of the building. The top [fifth] floor of the building also holds the News’ cafeteria and the executive offices. " Fifth floor Roux Restaurant - open to the public |