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Fumihiko Maki the architect of 4 WTC discusses its design. 


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"For Silverstein Properties, the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki has designed an angular 61-story skyscraper of subtlety and restraint, despite its height of 947 feet. A serene, glass-clad lobby will defer to the somber memorial beyond. But a lively multilevel retail hall is planned on Church Street. "
- The New York Times

4 World Trade Center

View from Liberty Park

View from Liberty Park

Owner, developer, & management company Silverstein Properties
Architect Maki & Associates
Location Bound by Greenwich, Church, Cortlandt, and Liberty Streets, faces the Memorial Park to the west
Size 2.5 million gsf office area (2.3 million rsf)
Height 977ft (297m)
Floors 56 office floors
5 retail levels (total: 140,000sf)
5 levels of mechanical floors
Floor Plate 44,000sf (floors 7 - 46)
34,000 sf (floors 48 - 63)
45-foot span on the west, north and south sides, 35-foot span on east
Column-free space
Lobby 46-ft high office lobby
3 entrances (from Cortlandt, Liberty, and Greenwich Streets)
Elevator System Destination Dispatch: Improves lobby traffic flow and limits crowding by directing passengers to assigned cars
Building Systems Central concrete core
Steel encased in reinforced concrete
External structural steel frame
Safety systems exceed building code
Egress Exit stairs 20% wider
Four stairways exit directly outside
Stairwells pressurized and smoke-Purged, emergency lighting, glow-in-the-dark paint
Transportation Direct access to 13 subway lines, PATH trains, ferries, and buses Major improvements to transit systems underway
Neighborhood Amenities New York City's most attractive waterfront
Acres of park and green space
Renowned Tribeca restaurants
Growing residential community