pToday New York developers Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias unveiled the design of 56 Leonard Street, a 57-story condominium tower that is now under construction in Manhattan’s Tribeca Historic District. It will be the first skyscraper realized by Switzerland–based Herzog amp; de Meuron./p
The city’s planning board has endorsed a proposal for a twisting lakefront tower that would become the nation’s tallest building.
With Thursday’s approval from the Chicago Plan Commission, the design and site plan for the 2,000-foot Chicago Spire goes to the city zoning committee next week.
“This is a wonderful project, and everyone is very enthused,” said [...]
Approximately 805 tons of steel are being produced in Luxembourg to create the first 27 “extra-large” steel columns of the Freedom Tower, World Trade Center
developer Larry A. Silverstein, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive director Kenneth J. Ringler Jr. and Tishman Construction Corporation
chairman Daniel R. Tishman announced July 27. The steel will serve as part of the below-grade structure for the historic Freedom Tower and will be delivered to
the World Trade Center site by the end of the year. Production of the first steel for the Freedom Tower began this week at a plant in Differdange, Luxembourg
that specializes in producing the heaviest I-beams available in
Donald Trump plans a $300 million skyscraper in downtown Philadelphia on the banks of the Delaware River. The 45-story Trump Tower Philadelphia would
have
263 high-end condos that would range in price from $700,000 to $3.5 million, the Philadelphia Business Journal said Friday. The tower will have, among its
amenities, child-care services, a wine cellar, a cigar lounge, a billiard room, and a five-star restaurant with fine dining and views of the Delaware River
One day after resolving issues between a developer and landowners,
bulldozers rumbled into a giant pit on Thursday to begin construction of
the glittering Freedom Tower skyscraper meant to symbolize New York”s
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Developer Peter Wang is planning a 63-story skyscraper in downtown Oakland that could become the tallest building in the Bay Area.
Originally proposed as the home of the University of California"s systemwide offices, the project has morphed into a more ambitious form, with extra floors, a hotel and enough leasable commercial space to make it [...]
Chicago-based Studio/Gang/Architects has released its initial designs for
Aqua, an 83-story residential and hotel tower just south of the Chicago
River. The building will be located in the city”s new 28-acre Lakeshore
East Development, south of the Chicago River and east of the Loop.Firm
principal Jeanne Gang created rippling edges in the concrete-framed
structure”s facade by using a unique floor plate for each of its concrete
slabs. The unit plans are conventional, comprising twelve variations
enclosed by a glass thermal envelope. Photo: David Seide/Defined
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JULY 28, 2005 — There may be a new tall kid on the block: Plans for a
new Santiago Calatrava-designed tower for Chicago have been
announced, and that means competition for New York City”s planned
1,776-foot Freedom Tower before construction has even begun on either
project. The “Fordham Spire” (named for the development company)-
which will reportedly rise to 2,000 feet, making it the tallest in the United
States-is planned for the Windy City”s Near North Side, alongside Lake
Michigan, and will house condominium units and a hotel.While the stature
rivalry between Fordham and Freedom may make waves stateside, the
contest is beside the point on the global level: Skidmore, Owings
