Posted Mar 2, 2018, 1:40 AM
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https://therealdeal.com/issues_artic...-nycs-skyline/
Who’s designing NYC’s skyline?
By Kathryn Brenzel
Research by Ashley McHugh-Chiappone
March 01, 2018
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The battle for designing One Vanderbilt came down to three distinguished architecture firms, all with impressive international portfolios — and chops building complex office towers.
The developer, SL Green Realty, considered designs by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for the $3.2 billion tower. Ultimately, the real estate investment trust went with KPF, whose glassy, tapering design is reminiscent of Chicago’s famed Willis Tower.
The runners-up have differing takes on what drove SL Green’s decision.
“[KPF] had a long relationship with Marc Holliday,” said T.J. Gottesdiener, managing partner at SOM, referring to the company’s CEO. “I thought we did a fabulous job, but it was a question of [where his] comfort level was.”
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