Attaching the NYT Spire

Jeff Callow of Thornton Tomasetti Inc. took this photo of iron workers attaching the final section of the spire atop New York Times Tower, that made it into the Engineering News Record Images of the Year collection.

While the nearly completed building looks a bit more primer gray in appearance than the bright white of the pre-construction 3D renderings, the Renzo Piano designed building still makes a stunning addition to the New York skyline.

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop, in collaboration with Fox & Fowle Architects (now FX Fowle), won the competition to design the new corporate headquarters for The New York Times Company in 2001. The newspaper is expected to take occupancy of the building in early 2007.