7 World Trade Center
New York, USA

HEIGHT: 226m/741 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 2006
ARCHITECT: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Pics by LeCom:
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8317/pict01157wtcpathtothenorthwest.jpg

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/12/422830.jpg

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/12/422697.jpg

Pics by hkskyline:
http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20051227/IMG_4071.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20051227/IMG_4072.jpg

Pic by Edward from Wired NY:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/wtc/7wtc/7wtc_sunset.jpg

Pics by krull:
http://i.pbase.com/o4/55/435155/1/57429888.IMG_8104.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o4/55/435155/1/57429926.IMG_8122.jpg

not bad not bad ;)

A nice addition to the skyline 8/10

8/10

Nice facade, the base is a bit strange. 8/10

8/10

8/10 Simple but quite elegant design, fits good in the skyline. The base is interesting, but could have been better

8/10

uhmm nothing new ¬¬ 8/10

7/10 sometimes 9/10 the other times, 8/10 :)

it's about as good as it can get for a glass-only box. the transition from the steel base to the glass tower is too abrupt though. it actually blends into the skyline as well as its masonry-leaning predecessor, but unlike the original 7 wtc, it makes the neighboring verizon building look really dry-ish.

7.5

interesting thing: if you look at straight on at the south facade of the building on a sunny day in which u can see through the glass, the patterns created by the glass and the interior columns actually make the building bear resemblence to the original 7 wtc.

8/10

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The 7 World Trade Center Tower is the first building to be built at “Ground Zero“ in New York City. In order to meet the requirements of having the highest possible level of fire resistance and safety against a terrorist attack, the first 80 ft (25 m) of the 7 WTC is designed with massive reinforced concrete.This structure has a 95 x 69 ft (29 x 21 m) reinforced concrete core which forms the “load-bearing backbone” of the entire building.

A special consideration on this project is that the steel construction precedes the concrete core. Thus, during the design of the wall formwork operations this gave rise to some special considerations: i.e. limited space of only 20‘’(50 cm) when stripping the PERI VARIO external wall formwork. The formwork has to be raised as the reinforcement placed from an outside access area. This is carried out by using electric chain hoists which are attached to specially-designed gallows. The PERI specialists positioned these on the elevated working platforms on level +1.

More information (http://www.peri.de/ww/en/pub/projects.cfm/fuseaction/showreference/reference_ID/523/referencecategory_ID/6.cfm)

Contractor: Sorbara Construction, Lynbrook, New York
Field Support: PERI New York (http://www.peri-usa.com) / PERI Germany, Weissenhorn (http://www.formwork.com)

http://www.peri.de/shared/references/img/7world_trade_center_2_lg.jpg
The steel structure precedes the concrete core. The core is formed inside the steel structure.

8.5/10

It doesn't look too flattering in some of those pictures, but it the right light it can really shine. A nice, solid design. Good job New York!

7,5/10

8/10

Is nice it fits in the skyline.

7.5/10

Good facade. I like the color too. Only the base is a little strange. 8.5/10

8/10 Nice complex

Nice one! absolutely love the base... 8/10

7,5/10

8/10

Simple but good, 7.5/10

Not my fav, a little bit bland. 6.5/10

I like those simple towers looks like a building in my city
but that building hasnt got even half its height 8/10

Nice, but not that original, it is denfinately an improvement to the skyline.

8.5/10

9/10

It's nothing special - just a simple box, but looks very good - the facade is really nice. 8/10

Gosh it looks like something from 1974. I rate it a zero~~

7/10

8/10

very simple, yet dynamic!!!

7/10

7/10

Looks like a strange box. The base is very ugly! 6/10

not bad, but only a 70's box with modern design. 8.5/10

It's OK.

Some pics of this one on the first page do it justice, others dont all depending on the light. The base is not the best however....

A kind 8 from me.

8.5

7.5 (Soulless building)

8.5/10 beri good

Looks very good, but fits horribly with the skyline imo. Looks awkward behind the American express building because it's not tall enough or short enough to create distance. 7/10

8/10

I'm thinking the same thing you are, The Baz, it doesn't look good in the skyline.. it is a tad bit too boxy for my taste.. 5/10

8.5/10

Not imprssive, but better than the previous one. 7/10

8/10

clean, elegant design. a little too short IMO.

Shiny :) Weird base. 8/10

8/10

I like the glass a lot!

8.5/10

I like the glass a lot!

8.5/10

10!

I love it!

A neat quality glass box. 7/10

Really Good 8/10

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http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/9789/479090hw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

it's pretty nice. the top bit of it makes it look like more than just a box. 8.5

I love the base

8/10 here....

8/10

very nice bl. 8/10

9/10

8/10...beautiful facade

a fine building 8

I like it:okay:
10/10

8.5/10

i like it...

8,5/10

10/10

I really like this one.The faccade looks so shiny the base looks so strong.I love the blue light at the night.The park infront of it.And the lobby is so stunning.The best solution for that site.

6 / 10

Glassy, boxy, maybe a bit too glassy, but not purely boxy which makes it look cool from some angles. The armored podium adds some originality too.

7/10.

what an elegant box. 10/10

7/10

7, its okay, not that much

simple...7/10

6 / 10

a below-average "usual" from SOM.

8.5/10

8/10

Very shiny with a simple but tasteful design, it fits in to downtown manhattan very well. The sixth picture seems unreal, as if it were a CGI.

I love this tower, in a sort of strange way. 8?

I don't mean to be random or sound like I'm advertising, but the top of this building reminds me of the tower called SP!RE in Toronto.

not bad for a boring box.

7/10

nice façade and lighting. the base looks weird and looks weird in the skyline also

8/10

not bad but not enough features

the traditional simple style

8/10.

10

looks nice and clean, but i would have thought thats they would have done something a little bit more special than that for this site...

How did I miss this one? Anyways, I've always liked 7 World Trade. It looks a little fat on some angles, but overall, it isn't too bad.

7/10

the glass is great i think

I like it! A 8,5 out of 10.

8/10.

6/10

8/10

7/10 :cheers:

It mismatches new in this place WTC7. There many looked old better WTC7

7/10

uhmmm 6/10

9/10

8...

just a box 6/10

6/10

8,5/10

8/10

i would give it a 10/10 for what it means, but i know this is about architecture and likes and dislikes

looks nice and clean, but i would have thought thats they would have done something a little bit more special than that for this site...

yeah, they should've done something more special.

6

Nice, actually- 8/10

8/10

8!

9/10. A suitable replacement for the deceased 7 World Trade Center (1987-2001), who lived for only 1/4 of a full life.

It gets the highest mark possible for a box, in my book.

8.0

When the design was released it was promised to be uniquely reflective. I'd have to say it delivered. Without this quality, a boring box. But in person this building has a ghostly quality in any daylight which fits this site all too well. Near dusk and afterward, the twilight glow at the top is truly eerie.

8,5/10

6.

7/10

8/10:)

Interesting.

8/10

8.0

8.5:)

8/10

8/10

Universal and probably so is supposed to be. Nobody can say nothing specially bad.

8.

7.5/10

7.5/10

A glass tower version of WTC...
8/10

10/10

8/10

8/10

Simple but elegant !

7.5/10

my favourite box in nyc. will even look better when the wtc complex is finished in about ~ 30 years. 8/10.

8. Good building. Regards.

nothing special sorry, 6/10

6.5/10

8/10

Shimmering glass trapezoid on a paranoid base. 7

7 World Trade Center
New York, USA

HEIGHT: 226m/741 feet
FLOORS: 52 floors
COMPLETION: 2006
ARCHITECT: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)

Pics by LeCom:
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/8317/pict01157wtcpathtothenorthwest.jpg

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/12/422830.jpg

https://extranet.emporis.com/files/transfer/6/2005/12/422697.jpg

Pics by hkskyline:
http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20051227/IMG_4071.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20051227/IMG_4072.jpg

Pic by Edward from Wired NY:
http://www.wirednewyork.com/wtc/7wtc/7wtc_sunset.jpg

Pics by krull:
http://i.pbase.com/o4/55/435155/1/57429888.IMG_8104.jpg

http://i.pbase.com/o4/55/435155/1/57429926.IMG_8122.jpg

8.5/10

voted 7.5/10

9/10

10/10

tall glassy box :)
8/10

8/10

It's almost a contradiction from me, but this is a very good-looking box.

You've rated 7 WTC 7.60 on average. Go to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (http://gbuscraper.blogspot.com/2010/08/7-wtc-new-york-city-76010.html) to read more.

On this blog, the score of a 'good' building and a 'bad' building from the Rate our Talls section will be revealed every day.

7.5/10

9/10

Neat. 9/10

9/10. A simple looking tower. But the glass is great and the lighting effects of the lobby levels are awesome.

7/10

8/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060916/IMG_0142.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060916/IMG_0165.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060916/IMG_0172.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060916/IMG_0224.jpg

http://www.globalphotos.org/newyork/20060916/IMG_0237.jpg

8/10 Nice

8/10

9.5/10

7/10 The view is priceless. :cool:

I usually dont like too many boxy buildings, but this is nice..8/10

I really like the ground level
7/10

Not too bad 7/10

8/10

6/10
very good!

8/10

7/10

8/10

7/10

glass box :cheers: 9,5/10

8/10

8/10

7.5 / 10

7,5/10, it's nothing special but it fit's well in in the skyline especially whith the other WTC towers.

7/10

7/10

afterall nothing special , 8/10

Boring 6/10