Amazing Architecture

Freedom Tower is former (and also better known) name of new 1 World Trade Center building placed just several meters from a place where old WTC twin towers used to stand. The tower is placed in northwest corner of the former WTC area. The construction is currently being built and grand opening is announced on 2013. The building will be 541 meters or 1776 feets high (counting huge antenna or spire on the roof). The height from the bottom to the roof will be approximatelly 418 meters (1373 meters).

World Trade Center complex. Freedom Tower is first on the left. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

World Trade Center complex. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

After the destruction of original World Trade Center during the terroristic attacks in 2001 debate about the place started. Few options appeared and many ideas. There were voices of re-building the original towers exactly the same way they used to be, but it appeared that old buildings were not such great project after all and this idea was abandoned fast. Next proposition was to re-build the original towers but bigger and taller. There were also some ideas to “leave the place alone” creating a just memorial park. That last idea became a part of final project. There was an architecture competition which win Daniel Liebeskind and his project of the whole complex was not accepted by local residents and public opinion. The main tower was become a kind of “memorial garden” which was over 500 meters high and the office part was not higher than other surrounding buildings. The whole concept of this building was really great but it couldn’t become new landmark of New York so this project has been re-invented few times until the final shape has been achieved.

1 World Trade Center construction. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.

1 World Trade Center construction. Photo taken from Skyscrapercity forums.