One World Trade Center s the central building in the World Trade Center complex in lower Manhattan, New York, USA. It is built on the northwest corner of the 65,000-square-meter site where the previous World Trade Center complex, including the famous Twin Towers, was destroyed on September 11, 2001. The tallest building in the United States and the Western Hemisphere. The tallest building in New York City. Office skyscraper. Alternative name for the building is Freedom Tower.
Construction years: 2006-2013
Architect: David Childs, Daniel Libeskind, WSP Group
Style: high tech
Number of stories: 104 (plus 5 underground)
Height: 541.3 meters
Height at roof: 417 meters
Height of top floor: 386.5 meters
Height of observation deck: 382.2 m
Area of premises: 325,279 sq. m
Number of elevators: 73
Materials: reinforced concrete, steel glass
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Further Resources
1 World Trade Center Officially New York's New Tallest Building
Morgan Brennan
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April 30, 2012
125 YEARS IN ENR HISTORY: World Trade Center Is Dynamic Duo of Height (8/16/99)
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Cost for World-Trade Tower Rises to $3.8 Billion
Eliot Brown
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January 30, 2012
New World Trade Center Building Recognized as Tallest in U.S.
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November 12, 2013
Official One World Trade Center Time-Lapse 2004-2013
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