the move, saying: "The Piano building will be a showpiece, not a home." Architecture magazine wrote in early 2002 that, with its paucity of bright signage that characterized other Times Square buildings, "The architect has chosen to speak to the Times, not to Times Square." Just before the start of construction, Justin Davidson of Newsday wrote that "lightness is both a metaphoric and an architectural goal" in the building's design. In 2006, Paul Goldberger wrote for The New Yorker that the Times Building "comes off as dainty, even flimsy, as if inside this huge tower a little building were struggling to get out", in contrast with Piano's then-recent Morgan Library & Museum expansion. James Gardner of the New York Sun said that he did not believe the Times Building to be "a bad building" but that the ceramic bars "becomes the sort of pure ornamentalism that betrays so much contemporary architecture that overzealously aspires to appear purely functional". When the building was completed, Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff wrote: "Depending on your point of view, the Times Building can thus be read as a poignant expression of nostalgia or a reassertion of the paper's highest values as it faces an uncertain future. Or, more likely, a bit of both." Suzanne Stephens of Architectural Record wrote that the building "seems strangely bland in New York’s architecturally variegated context". Despite the architectural criticism, the building received the American Institute of Architects' 2009 Honor Award. See also List of tallest buildings in New York City List of tallest buildings in the United States List of tallest freestanding structures in the world List of tallest freestanding steel structures References Notes Citations Sources External links 2007 establishments in New York City Eighth Avenue (Manhattan) Forest City Realty Trust Midtown Manhattan Modernist architecture in New York City The New York Times Newspaper buildings Newspaper headquarters in the United States Office buildings completed in 2007 Renzo Piano buildings Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan