Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners officially completes Three World Trade Center in New York City
Architecture firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has completed the construction of Three World Trade Center in Manhattan, which is now the city's fifth-tallest building.
The skyscraper spans 80 storeys and reaches 1,079 feet (329 metres) high, making it currently the second tallest building at the redeveloped World Trade Center site.
External construction work in complete ? as celebrated at an event yesterday, 11 June 2018 ? but many of the interior spaces are yet to be fitted out.
Also known as 3WTC, the building is surrounded by 10,000 floor-to-ceiling glass panels and based on a reinforced concrete core. Steel girders and beams form a lattice K-shaped pattern up the sides of the tower.
All of the corners are without columns and are shaped by an exterior glass and steel bracing system. This bracing is finished in stainless steel to complement the reflective glass. The design is typical of the firm's work, which includes a set of residential high-rises across from the Tate Modern in London that feature a similar external bracing system.
Located at 175 Greenwich Street in Downtown Manhattan, 3WTC is a mixed-use building with plans to include offices and private residences. The first three storeys and two below grade are designated for retail.
A 60-foot-tall (18-metre) lobby has expansive glass walls that appear to float down for the upper storeys. A cable net of glass walls forms a gridded facade, comprising laminated units that are five feet (1.5 metres) wide and 10 ...
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