World Trade Center

New York City
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Official Name
The current legal building name.

World Trade Center

Type

Complex

Status
Completed
Architecturally Topped Out
Structurally Topped Out
Under Construction
Proposed
On Hold
Never Completed
Vision
Competition Entry
Canceled
Proposed Renovation
Under Renovation
Renovated
Under Demolition
Demolished

Completed

Country

United States

Function

office / residential

Master Planner

Studio Daniel Libeskind

# of Apartments

1,200

Map of Buildings in Complex

Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.

 

List of Buildings in Complex

RANK
Name
Height
1 One World Trade Center

541 m / 1,776 ft

2 2 World Trade Center

403 m / 1,323 ft

3 3 World Trade Center

329 m / 1,079 ft

4 4 World Trade Center

298 m / 977 ft

5 5 World Trade Center

274 m / 900 ft

6 7 World Trade Center

227 m / 743 ft

CVU Awards & Distinctions

Urban Habitat Award 2018 Winner

2018 CVU Awards

10 Year Award 2024 Winner

2024 CVU Awards

Best Tall Building, by Region, Americas 2015 Winner

2015 CVU Awards

 

Global News

07 August 2023

5 World Trade Center to Offer Diverse Unit Mix Inclusive of 400 Affordable Units

5 World Trade Center originally housed the Deutsche Bank building, which was designed by Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and demolished in 2011 due to damage...

07 August 2023

5 World Trade Center to Offer Diverse Unit Mix Inclusive of 400 Affordable Units

5 World Trade Center originally housed the Deutsche Bank building, which was designed by Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and demolished in 2011 due to damage...

08 November 2021

Proposed World Trade Center Residential Supertall Caught in Battle Over Affordable Housing

A proposed residential supertall at Site 5 of the World Trade Center in New York City would include 300 below-market value units, as well as...

18 February 2021

Port Authority Taps Developers for Another World Trade Center Building in New York City

One of the final undeveloped World Trade Center parcels will give rise to a residential skyscraper with more than 1,300 apartments.The Port Authority of New...

15 April 2019

New Architects Brought in for Manchester’s St. Michael’s Tower

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has been brought in to deliver Hodder + Partners’ controversial Saint Michael’s tower in Manchester, with the local practice kept...

01 March 2019

As One Chicago Lakefront Project Gets a New Deadline, Another is Announced

The owner of the Chicago Spire site could have another year to begin developing the lakefront site, four months after a downtown alderman rejected a...

12 February 2019

Two World Trade Center in New York City May Rise Without an Anchor Tenant

One of the final pieces of the World Trade Center puzzle may be put into place—albeit in a somewhat risky fashion. Bloomberg reports that Larry...

21 January 2019

“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest

For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...

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