NEW YORK | 200 Greenwich - 2 WTC | 1,226 FT | 55 FLOORS

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

The diamond crown is simply great architecture!

[NYguy]

^ It's a very fitting top for the tower. I like it just the way it is.

Originally Posted by STR

Nice detail.

[NYC4Life]

Damn, this seriously needs to get built like NOW! It is the best of the four WTC towers.

[Zapatan]

it sure is a smoking hot building if I do say so myself

[NYguy]

shanestroud

[CGII]

Originally Posted by STR

Looks like an unwrapped 2 Pru Plaza:


xtreme-engineering.blogspot.com

[Aleks]

huuu. it kinda does! never noticed that.

[Lecom]

Hmm. Good call. Similar execution, yet less Po-Mo and more high grade Neomodernism, which tends to be more refined than the former.

[CGII]

Not to get too far off track, but interestingly, this building is across the street from 2 Pru:


chicagoarchitectureinfo.com

[Dac150]

Clearly has elements of both buildings; kind of makes you wonder.

[James Bond Agent 007]

I suppose it's hard to design a truly original building these days.

[RobertWalpole]

Originally Posted by CGII

Not to get too far off track, but interestingly, this building is across the street from 2 Pru:


chicagoarchitectureinfo.com

I prefer this tower's top to that of 200 Greenwich. I love 200 Greenwich, but I fear that the top might not come out as good as we hope since it's kind of off-kilter.

[CGII]

Originally Posted by James Bond Agent 007

I suppose it's hard to design a truly original building these days.

I hope I'm not interpreted as challenging 2 WTC's originality; I present these buildings only to suggest formal precedents as they are engrained in greater consciousness (else it would only lead to consider the Smurfit Stone Building as an elaborated copy of Citigroup in NY).

2 WTC is really a fine building design and it's only of minor note to consider it's formal strategy in relation to these other buildings which share only brief design ideas.

[STR]

http://www.mediafire.com/?dcrx8mi533tlm9o

[Lecom]

Originally Posted by CGII

Not to get too far off track, but interestingly, this building is across the street from 2 Pru:


chicagoarchitectureinfo.com

Hmm. So now New York is "biting" both Chicago styles at the WTC, with Smurfit-Stone at 2WTC and the multi-spire look at 3WTC.

*sits and waits for a good ol' city vs city flame war about who's copying who, etc*

[NYguy]

^

I'll go with the 2 Pru lookalike. That one, not so much. It looks more like a cousin of the Citigroup.

[Obey]

^^^ But you can see how the two buildings put together are in fact very similar to 2WTC

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by Obey

^^^ But you can see how the two buildings put together are in fact very similar to 2WTC

Perhaps. But if I wanted to go down that road, I would be here all day comparing various skysrapers and combinations to other similar skyscrapers. Worth noting just for the topic of conversation, but not unusual, and not a big deal.

[STR]

I only see the most general of similarities with either building. Neither slanted roofs nor terraces are particularly original ideas. I guess, if I was going to stretch it, 2WTC is an angled, terraced roof, so yeah, it has features from both Chicago buildings. I guess...not any kind of causal relationship though. Everything from the general idea, to the execution of details, is quite distinct.

[Lecom]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Perhaps. But if I wanted to go down that road, I would be here all day comparing various skysrapers and combinations to other similar skyscrapers. Worth noting just for the topic of conversation, but not unusual, and not a big deal.

True. Nothing is new under the sun. Every skyscraper ever designed blatantly copies the ideas of that first pioneer in history who decided to add a second story to his bungalow.