HOME ABOUT OFFICE SPACE THINGS TO DO MEMORIAL & MUSEUM MEDIA HOME > ABOUT > OFFICE BUILDINGS - SKYSCRAPERS ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER ABOUT THE BUILDING ONEWTC.COM Standing as a shining beacon for the new Downtown, and a bold addition to the skyline, One World Trade Center is safe, sustainable, and artistically dynamic. Soaring to a symbolic 1,776 feet — it is the Western Hemisphere’s tallest building, and already an iconic New York landmark. Building Facts Opened October 2014 Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (David M. Childs) Tallest of new WTC Complex 104 Stories / 1776 feet high 3 million rentable square feet of space 55 foot high office lobby 54 High-speed destination dispatch passenger elevators Life-safety systems far exceed NYC building code Bound by West, Fulton, Washington and Vesey Streets 55% leased to tenants including Condé Nast DESIGN With entrances on all 4 sides of the building, One WTC has been designed to smoothly integrate traffic of visitors & office tenants. The cubic base has a footprint identical to the original Twin Towers. The surface of the base is clad in more than 2,000 pieces of shimmering prismatic glass. The tower ascends 69 stories — its edges chamfered back to form 8 isosceles triangles, a perfect octagon at center. It culminates in a square, glass parapet at the crown, its crystalline form creating a vibrant effect, as light refracts like a kaleidoscope, changing throughout the day. The “One World Observatory” — opening 2015 — is an enclosed observation deck rising 1,250 ft. above street level. The crown of One WTC is a 408-foot spire — consisting of a mast and a communication platform ring. At night, a beacon at the top sends out a horizontal light beam, which can be seen from miles away. ABOUT THE ARCHITECT David Childs is consulting design partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/New York. He also designed 7 WTC, which opened in May 2006. Childs is a graduate of Yale College and the Yale School of Art and Architecture, and joined SOM in 1971. Child’s diverse range of completed projects includes Worldwide Plaza on Eighth Avenue; the New York Mercantile Exchange; the JFK International Arrivals Building; the Bear Stearns Headquarters; the Stuyvesant School Bridge in Tribeca; and the renovation and preservation of Lever House. TENANTS 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER Loading . . . 4 WORLD TRADE CENTER Loading . . . 3 WORLD TRADE CENTER Loading . . . 2 WORLD TRADE CENTER Loading . . . ABOUT Overview Getting Here Office Buildings Companies History Contact OFFICE SPACE 2 World Trade Center 3 World Trade Center 4 World Trade Center 7 World Trade Center THINGS TO DO Dining Shopping Hotels Attractions Architecture Art Parks & Rec. Events Living MEMORIAL & MUSEUM Memorial MEDIA News Photos Videos Press Kit LEASING View All 7WTC 2WTC 3WTC 4WTC more WORLD TRADE CENTER sites 3wtc.com | 4wtc.com | wtcevents.com | SilversteinProperties.com © 2016 Silverstein Properties, Inc | Terms of Use