The One Word Trade Center
New York City
Information and Stats
Standing as a shining beacon for the new Downtown, and a bold addition 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
General Information
StatusComplete
Type
- Office
- Observation
- Communication
Architectural styleContemporary modern
Location
- 285 Fulton Street, Manhattan,
- New York, United States 10007
Coordinates40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″WCoordinates: 40°42′46.8″N 74°0′48.6″W
Construction startedApril 27, 2006
CompletedJuly 2013
OpeningNovember 3, 2014[2]
Height
Architectural1,776 ft (541.3 m)[5][6]
Tip1,792 ft (546.2 m)[5]
Roof1,368 ft (417.0 m)[7]
Top floor1,268 ft (386.5 m)[5]
Observatory1,254 ft (382.2 m)[5]
Technical details
Floor count94 (+5 below ground floors)[5][8]Top floor below roof is counted as 104th.
Floor area3,501,274 sq ft (325,279 m2)[5]
Lifts/elevators73[5]
Design and construction
Architect
- David Childsb
- Daniel Libeskind (2002)[9]
DeveloperPort Authority of New York and New Jersey[5]
Structural engineerWSP Cantor Seinuk
Other designersHill International, The Louis Berger Group[10]
Main contractorTishman Construction