Back in July, we called Richard Rogers’ design for a proposed LEED for Core and Shell (”LEED-CS”) Gold office tower above the Port Authority Bus Terminal at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue the “most ambitious” of the three concepts presented by his firm, KPF, and Pelli Clarke Pelli. Today, the Port Authority announced that Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners of London has been selected as the architect for the project, and also released an updated rendering of the proposed 42-story, 1.3 million-square-foot tower. Rogers, of course, also designed Tower 3 at the World Trade Center site (175 Greenwich Street) which will similarly seek a LEED Gold rating from USGBC. As you can see in the rendering, the roof of the Bus Terminal- which currently serves as a parking deck- would be transformed into green outdoor space.
November 17th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "Port Authority Bus Terminal"
Port Authority Releases Renderings for Proposed LEED Gold 20 Times Square
At a meeting held earlier today, the Port Authority unveiled renderings from three firms for 20 Times Square, the 1.3 million-square foot, 42-story LEED (for Core and Shell) Gold tower that Vornado Realty Trust and Ruben Cos. plan to co-develop above the north wing of the agency’s Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue. From left to right in the image, Pelli Clarke Pelli (The Visionaire), Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners (Tower 3 at the World Trade Center along Greenwich Street), and KPF (Court Square Two, One Jackson Square, and the Beer Belly Building) present three very different visions for the tower, ranging from Pelli’s artistic curtain wall and KPF’s glass box that evokes the Lever House (and Boston Properties’ “redux” on West 55th Street) to Rogers’ series of stacked boxes that is easily the most ambitious of the three concepts.
July 24th, 2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued
Monday LEEDoff: 20 Times Square at Port Authority Bus Terminal- Gold Core and Shell
In a major turnaround from its seedy Fun City days, Eighth Avenue has made a major case that it’s Manhattan’s greenest thoroughfare. Though the strip has retained much of the gritty flavor that makes it a favorite among tourists and unwitting theatergoers, new green towers from the New York Times and Hearst, plus the speculative [...]
December 3rd, 2007 | Stephen Del Percio | 1 comment | Continued