World Trade Center Design Choices Both Include Tallest Structures in the World
Architect collective Think's proposed design for the rebuilding of New York's World Trade Center
NEW YORK — Two plans featuring structures that would rise taller than any other in the world have been picked as finalists in the selection of a design to rebuild the World Trade Center, officials said Tuesday.
One proposal evokes the original trade center with twin latticework towers, while the other preserves the foundations of the twin skyscrapers.
The selection of the designs was announced Tuesday afternoon by officials from the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the agency overseeing the redevelopment of the site, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that owns the trade center.
"These designs best satisfied the rigorous set of criteria that we set forth," said Roland Betts, head of the LMDC's planning committee.
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