Architecture firm BIG has topped out a 314-metre-high supertall skyscraper in New York that is set to become the headquarters of coronavirus vaccine maker Pfizer.
Due to complete in 2022, The Spiral will feature landscaped terraces in a stepped design around its exterior, as shown in new visuals released by BIG to coincide with the building reaching its full height.
At 314 metres the building is now the 13th tallest in the city, just behind the Chrysler Building.
Top: BIG released new renderings of The Spiral. Above: Tishman Speyer celebrates the buildings topping out
The 65-storey tower occupies an entire city block in Manhattan's Hudson Yard neighbourhood, where the High Line elevated park meets Bella Abzug Park. As the final steel beam was hoisted into position on 27 January 2021, developers Tishman Speyer announced that half of the office space in The Spiral has been let.
The Spiral's stepped back levels will be wrapped in terraces
Pfizer, the American biopharmaceutical company that co-developed one of the coronavirus vaccines, will take over 14 floors of The Spiral for its head offices.
Law firm Debevoise & Plimpton and asset management firm AllianceBernstein will also have offices in the building.
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