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Freedom Tower Design Unveiled in New York
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On June 29, 2005, New York officials unveiled a new design for the Freedom Tower, which will be the centerpiece of the redeveloped World Trade Center site and the tallest building in the United States when completed.
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 The redesigned tower will be squarer, straighter and more conventional than the original twisting design, more closely resembling one of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers.
The new design is intended to meet the security standards set for U.S. embassies, making it the world's safest high-rise building, said lead architect David Childs.
Above the 20-storey concrete base, the building will be sheathed in plastic-laminated glass for increased resistance to explosions.
The redesigned tower will be the same height as the destroyed World Trade Center towers, 396 meters. An additional spire will support TV broadcasting antennas and bring the total elevation to 541 meters, or 1,776 feet, a symbolic reference to the year the U.S. declared independence from Britain.
Construction is expected to begin next year, with steel rising above ground level in 2007 and completion scheduled for 2010.
Building Features
Height: 396 meters without antenna; 541 meters with antenna
Office space: 2.6 million square feet over 69 floors
Other floors: Include observation decks, restaurants, Manhattan Television Alliance facilities and mechanical floors
Footprint: 200 feet (60 meters) by 200 feet the same size as each original World Trade Center tower
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