A new skyscraper has just been completed at Ground Zero, the site of the former World Trade Center that’s been in a state of perpetual redevelopment ever since the infamous 2001 attacks. Three World Trade Center is a mixed-use tower designed by the world-renowned Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and its external completion was celebrated at an on-site event held on June 11th, 2018. Located on the east side of Greenwich Street in Manhattan?s financial district, the tower spans 80 stories, reaching a staggering height of 329 meters and making it New York?s fifth tallest building ? as well as the second tallest building on-site after One World Trade Center, the complex?s main building.

The new skyscraper sits on the former site of the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, which was destroyed along with the rest of the complex on September 11th, 2001. Construction of Three World Trade Center commenced in 2014 after a four-year delay, and now its exterior has come to completion, with the interiors scheduled to be fitted in the coming months. The skyscraper will include both commercial and residential elements, with the first three floors and two sub-levels being used for retail spaces that will be entirely open to the public.
The building looks out onto the complex’ main plaza, which contains the WTC memorial fountains and the entrances to each WTC building. The foyer is one of the new skyscraper’s highlights, boasting a huge airy atrium that greets visitors wi...