架构师提供的文本描述。2001年，赫斯特公司任命福斯特和合伙公司扩建第八大道959号，乔治·C·波斯特(George C.Post)于1926年为威廉·伦道夫·赫斯特(William Randolph Hearst)设计了一座建筑。福斯特与合作伙伴公司(Foster And Partners)的塔型设计将赫斯特公司的多重媒体利益统一在一个屋檐下。这座新大楼保留了这座地标建筑的原始外观，同时创造了一种

Text description provided by the architects. In 2001, the Hearst Corporation appointed Foster and Partners to expand 959 Eighth Avenue, a building designed in 1926 by Joseph Urban and George C. Post for William Randolph Hearst.  Foster and Partners’ tower design reunites the Hearst Corporation’s multiple media interests under one roof.  The new tower preserves the landmark’s original façade while creating a technological and ecological structure that extends the original building aspirations.

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一个斜面通过自动扶梯对角，连接大厅入口与主大厅和电梯楼层以上30英尺。JCDA被要求在这架飞机上设计一个水景。采用铸造玻璃作为瀑布的介质，使其轮廓和产生的内部反射可以被设计成重定向光线。通过对水温的控制，水特性是在广阔的中庭空间内控制温湿度的一种功能方法。

An inclined plane traversed diagonally by escalators, connects the lobby entrance with the main lobby and elevator floor thirty feet above. JCDA was asked to design a water feature along this plane. Cast glass was selected as a medium for the waterfall so that its profile and resulting internal reflections could be designed to redirect light. By controlling the water temperature the water feature is a functional method of controlling temperature and humidity within the vast atrium space.

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这座建筑的结构让人联想到切割过的钻石。JCDA利用这一想法探索了控制进来的日光的想法。铸造玻璃形式的复杂性允许通过玻璃的内部反射来进行高度的光控制。

The diagrid of the building’s structure is reminiscent of cut diamonds. JCDA took this idea to explore the idea of controlling the incoming daylight. The complexity of the cast glass form allowed for a high level of light control through the glass’ internal reflections.

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水叶栅的总体布局与建筑物的主要对角线网格相对应。玻璃板之间的交错连接遵循下面支撑框架的对角线网格。带有抛光表面的重音块与冰瀑布有节奏地倾斜，突出这些交错节理的对角线，同时在运动激活的水反射范围内提供镜像反射点。

The overall layout of the water cascade corresponds with the major diagonal grid of the building. Staggered joints between the glass planks follow the diagonal grid of the support framing below. Accent blocks with polished surfaces matching the Ice Falls incline rhythmically accentuate the diagrid at these staggered joints, while providing points of mirror-like reflection within the field of kinetically activated water reflections.

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瀑布由铸玻璃砌块组成，其特殊的剖面形成了均匀和可控的水流。大厅的大体积溶解在水和玻璃的发光平面中。电梯地板上的牧师发出的光线被捕捉在表面的铸玻璃中，突出了水的能量的美丽和明亮。玻璃和流水的结晶美是一系列内部反射和折射湍流的结果，产生了发光现象。

The waterfall consists of cast glass blocks whose special profiles create an even and controlled flow of water. The large volume of the lobby is dissolved in the luminous plane of water and glass. The rays of light from the clerestories at the elevator floor are captured inside the facetted cast glass accentuating the beauty and brightness of the water’s energy. The crystalline beauty of the glass and the flowing water is the result a series of internal reflections and refractive turbulences, creating the phenomenon of luminosity.

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