2024-04-30T12:50:27-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149980346/not-for-reading-the-glass-but-the-core Nam Henderson 2016-11-27T01:04:00-05:00 >2016-11-27T01:04:57-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wt/wtip1oqnr5fvqzwg.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The pedestal extends 42 feet beyond the building&rsquo;s core to the north and south. The south overhang will suspend the tower over three parallel Long Island Rail Road tracks. The north overhang will act as a counterbalance....Rather than hide the unusual support system, Brookfield will highlight it with a cladding of travertine quarried about 15 miles east of Siena, Italy.</p></em><br /><br /><p>David W Dunlop examines the design and physics behind the making of the $1 billion skyscraper,&nbsp;<a href="http://manhattanwestnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Man-West-website-plans.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1 Manhattan West</a>.</p>