Archinect - News2024-12-31T00:03:12-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150299289/new-renderings-leak-of-foster-partners-upgraded-redesign-for-2-world-trade-center
New renderings leak of Foster + Partners' upgraded redesign for 2 World Trade Center Josh Niland2022-02-16T19:12:00-05:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/59/592156c7602f999c98ed333d09d0aa86.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A revised version of one of the world’s most high-profile architectural projects by <a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a> is now being circulated online as new renderings have surfaced that depict the firm’s upgraded Two World Trade Center design.</p>
<p>The London-based firm was <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150179172/big-designed-wtc-tower-booted-for-foster-partners-revamp" target="_blank">added back</a> onto the development team in January 2020 after developers Silverstein Properties officially nixed a concept from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">Bjarke Ingels Group</a> that had been on the docket since replacing Foster's original design in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/128713345/foster-s-out-ingels-in-big-designed-two-world-trade-center-to-house-news-corp-and-21st-century-fox" target="_blank">2015</a>. Since then, Silverstein has been in pursuit of the anchor tenants necessary to provide the confidence to commit to the entirely-private development.<br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/15fe476c89789d2f1b4755c1414431ee.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/15/15fe476c89789d2f1b4755c1414431ee.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering by Visualhouse</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/19/1974ba5bdb7bfc40b5aaaaaebf3db9ea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/19/1974ba5bdb7bfc40b5aaaaaebf3db9ea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Rendering by Visualhouse</figcaption></figure><p>The final piece of the renewed 16-acre World Trade Center site will now stand some 1,350 feet above the Oculus and 9/11 Memorial site and quartet of other office towers designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1142682/david-childs" target="_blank">David Childs</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/3917/richard-rogers" target="_blank">Richard Rogers</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4015/fumihiko-maki" target="_blank">Fumihiko Maki</a>, and <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/776/kohn-pedersen-fox-associates" target="_blank">Kohn Pedersen Fox</a>, respectively. The foundation of the building has already been completed, givi...</p>