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| Foster and Partners to build Tower 2 at World Trade Center Governor George E. Pataki joined WTC Developer Larry A. Silverstein at 7 World Trade Center to introduce Lord Norman Foster as the architect commissioned to design the third World Trade Center tower to be constructed by the Silverstein organization since 9/11. The sixty-five story tower, which will have a 200 Greenwich Street address, will include 2.4 million square feet of office space and approximately 130, 000 square feet of retail both at street level and as part of an underground concourse linking to the PATH transportation hub. Mr. Silverstein outlined the following timetable for construction of the building: Design work, 2006-2007 Excavation/slurry wall/foundation, 2007-2008 Superstructure concrete up to ground level, 2008-2009 Structural steel erection, 2009-2010 Structural concrete tower core and slab, 2009-2010 Curtain walls, 2009-2011 Core and shell work, 2010-2011 Building opening, 2011 Lord Foster, the founder and chairman of Foster and Partners, is widely regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent architects. His current and recent work includes the largest construction project in the world, Beijing Airport. He has also designed the New German Parliament in the Reichstag in Berlin, the Millau Viaduct in France, the Swiss Re tower and the Great Court at the British Museum in London, the Hearst Headquarters tower in New York, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Research Centers for Stanford University, California, the redevelopment of Dresden Railway Station and a new high speed rail link in Florence. Last week Foster and Partners has been selected to design a new office complex development in downtown Calgary. The EnCana New Building Project will be headquarters to Canada’s leading energy company, EnCana Corporation. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |