The slender tower is remarkable in that its structural system is made up of steel cables, rather than columns, that tie into the building's foundations and core. At the top of the structure, with a multi-ton tuned mass damper controlled by software, continuously recalibrate itself to best counteract high-velocity winds that can take place press against the tower's upper levels.
The base of the tower has minimal glass-enclosed lobby would meet the ground unceremoniously with a metallic "halo-esque entrance canopy", a hovering reflective chrome ring, providing an canopy over the tower's main entrances. The entrance lobby and observation deck are both designed with a similar ethos.
Employees working in the building would have access to sky lobbies on the 8th, 28th, 49th, 71st, and 81st floor. Executive offices would occupy floors 81-93, and at the top, an observation deck will crown the tower, on its 96th floor. Parking would be included below ground.
The building also resembles a 1956 proposal by famed architect I.M. Pei. The Hyperboloid, which would have been a 108-story, hourglass-shaped tower surpassing the Empire State Building in height. Had it been built, it could have radically altered the look of Midtown, since it would have meant the demolition of the priceless Grand Central Terminal.
A construction timeline for the project has not been unveiled.
The base of the tower has minimal glass-enclosed lobby would meet the ground unceremoniously with a metallic "halo-esque entrance canopy", a hovering reflective chrome ring, providing an canopy over the tower's main entrances. The entrance lobby and observation deck are both designed with a similar ethos.
Employees working in the building would have access to sky lobbies on the 8th, 28th, 49th, 71st, and 81st floor. Executive offices would occupy floors 81-93, and at the top, an observation deck will crown the tower, on its 96th floor. Parking would be included below ground.
The building also resembles a 1956 proposal by famed architect I.M. Pei. The Hyperboloid, which would have been a 108-story, hourglass-shaped tower surpassing the Empire State Building in height. Had it been built, it could have radically altered the look of Midtown, since it would have meant the demolition of the priceless Grand Central Terminal.
A construction timeline for the project has not been unveiled.
