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World Trade CenterLatest Stories

facade installation at a building in lower manhattan
Marble Beacon

The REX-designed Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center is clad with a stone-glass facade that masks its structural complexity

rendering of a blocky collection of towers on the hudson river forming two world trade center
A Staggered Start

New Two World Trade Center renders reveal a mirrored revamp

A mountain of birds killed by flying into the glass of the world trade centers
Collision Crisis

Why do glassy towers keep killing so many birds?

The smoking world trade center, in black and white, as seen from brooklyn
20 Years On

Photographs from the edge

A model of Santiago Calatrava’s St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox National Shrine
Up And Running

Daily digest: St. Nicholas National Shrine will light up for the first time, a Frank Lloyd Wright road trip, and more

the demolition of the pruitt-igoe housing complexes, one of many projects by minoru yamasaki that was ultimately demolished
Architectural Autofiction

An experimental biography of Minoru Yamasaki runs counter to the familiar—and tragic—appraisals of his career

two floors of office space in the world trade center
A Flight to Quality

Shared amenities and public space may help usher the World Trade Center office complex into a brighter future

view of the lower manhattan skyline in the 1970s, from The Towers of the WTC
Then and Now

The Towers of the WTC: 51 Years of Photographs by Camilo José Vergara opens September 4 at the National Building Museum

b&w of the twin towers
1928–2021

Leslie E. Robertson, structural engineer of the World Trade Center, passes away at 92

Photo of a church, under construction, consisting of a white central volume and four raw concrete columns
Piece By Piece

KPF’s 5 World Trade Center tower officially approved

A skyline behind a river, with the World Trade Center
Back To Center

Original blueprints for World Trade Center towers found in trash, sold for $250,000

Photo of a church, under construction, consisting of a white central volume and four raw concrete columns
It Might Take a Miracle

Governor Cuomo trying to jump-start stalled Calatrava World Trade Center church

Rendering of Memorial Glade
A Pathway to Healing

New 9/11 Memorial is coming to the World Trade Center site

Rendering of the Perelman Center for the Performing Arts
Well Underway

REX’s performing arts center obtains $89 million to speed up construction

Mnemonic Cube

2017 Best of Design Awards for Unbuilt – Commercial

Stalled Shrine

Santiago Calatrava-designed World Trade Center church halts construction over nonpayment

Give Me Liberty

Liberty Park successfully fills a critical role in the World Trade Center site

$75 Million Donation

REX’s WTC Performing Arts Center receives a major boost from billionaire Ronald O. Perelman

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