SOM to create Disney headquarters in New York City clad in green terracotta panels
Skidmore Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to build a glass-and-ceramic office building for Disney's New York operations, called 4 Hudson Square.
New York architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) unveiled the visuals for The Walt Disney Company's new Manhattan headquarters today. The project is set to span an entire city block in the neighbourhood of Hudson Square, which is north of Tribeca and west of SoHo.
Named called 4 Hudson Square, it will comprise a series of structures of different heights ? some blocks will rise to 19 storeys, while others to nine levels.
The Disney complex is designed to integrate with the many brick buildings and former lofts in the historic New York neighbourhood, which was formerly a printing district. All of 4 Hudson Square will be constructed in the same style of rectangular windows encased in a grid of green terracotta extrusions. "The Walt Disney Company?s new headquarters for its New York operations will fit seamlessly into its neighbourhood of Hudson Square," said SOM.
"The 19-storey, as-of-right building will rise in a series of graceful setbacks, which culminate in two, 320-foot towers and several terraces matching the scale of Hudson Square."
SOM's complex will feature double- and triple-columned terracotta panelling coloured green, intended to complement the surrounding brick structures.
"The building's facade design is inspired by the material palette of Hudson Square ? a neighbourhood of...
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