A Georgia architect has filed a lawsuit against Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, alleging that the firm’s design for One WTC is too similar to a design that he created in 1999.
Workers in New York City’s tallest tower will benefit from the communal space, which will have a cafe, event space, plenty of seating, and pretty stellar views.
Despite prior setbacks, the 1,776-foot tower was able to achieve gold certification through its diverse range of sustainable features incorporated into its construction, design, and daily operation.
Just kidding, the news of a potential sale last week was all overblown and the Port Authority Chairman John Degnan clarified to Politico that a sale wasn't anywhere in the offing right now, and that PA hadn't spoken to any brokers to move forward.
WTC, Brain Rose's latest effort, is a photographic history of sorts of the World Trade Center complex, particularly the twin towers when they were still present, and the evolution of the site in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The tower is part of a remodeling of Legoland California’s Mini Land New York exhibit and comes surrounded with essentially everything you’d find at the actual World Trade Center.
One World Observatory celebrated its first birthday on May 29, and a report finds that the observatory's visitor count fell far shorter than initial projections. One million fewer tourists took in the views from the top of One World Trade Center in the observatory's first year than anticipated.