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The World Trade Center's design aesthetics attracted criticism from the American Institute of Architects and other groups. [53] [240] Lewis Mumford, author of The City in History and other works on urban planning, criticized the project, describing it and other new skyscrapers as "just glass-and-metal filing cabinets". [241]
After a design was chosen in 2015, it was announced that Joshua Prince-Ramus was awarded the contract to design the building. [127] In June 2016, the center was renamed after billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman, who donated $75 million to the center, [128] and on September 8, 2016, a design was revealed for the new center. [129]
The World Trade Center design brought criticism of its aesthetics from the American Institute of Architects and other groups. [85] [88] Lewis Mumford, author of The City in History and other works on urban planning, criticized the project and described it and other new skyscrapers as "just glass-and-metal filing cabinets."
After a design was chosen in 2015, it was announced that Joshua Prince-Ramus was awarded the contract to design the building. [185] In June 2016, the center was renamed after billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman, who donated $75 million to the center, [148] and on September 8, 2016, a design was revealed for the new center. [149]
Childs developed a design for One World Trade Center, initially collaborating with Daniel Libeskind. In May 2005, Childs revised the design to address security concerns. He is the architect of the tower, and is responsible for overseeing its day-to-day design and development. [253]
The original Two World Trade Center (also known as the South Tower, Tower 2, Building Two, or 2 WTC) was one of the Twin Towers in the original World Trade Center Complex in New York City. The Tower was completed and opened in 1973 at a height of 1,362 feet (415 m) to the roof, distinguishable from its twin, the North Tower (1 World Trade ...
The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Opened on September 8, 1971, the center hosts many different genres of performance art, such as theater, dance, classical music, jazz, pop, psychedelic, and folk music.
7 World Trade Center (7 WTC, WTC-7, or Tower 7) is an office building constructed as part of the new World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The tower is located on a city block bounded by Greenwich, Vesey, Washington, and Barclay Streets on the east, south, west, and north, respectively. 7 World Trade Center was developed by Larry Silverstein, who holds a ground lease for the ...