7 World Trade Center Lobby
The first building to rise from the site of the 9/11 attacks, 7 World Trade Center is symbolically and architecturally meaningful. Architect James Carpenter showed that steel guarantees safety – the Cable Net Wall at the entrance and lobby is blast resistant – without compromising aesthetics.
New York, NY
Owner: Silverstein Properties New York, NY
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill New York, NY
Engineers: WSP Cantor Seinuk New York, NY; James Carpenter Associates New York, NY
Consultants: Israel Berger and Associates New York, NY
General Contractor: Tishman Construction Corporation New York, NY
Miscellaneous Steel Fabricator and Erector: Empire City Iron Works Long Island, NY; Skyline Steel Corp. Brooklyn, NY
Curtain Wall Fabricator and Erector: Permasteelisa Windsor, CT
Cable Net Wall Fabricator: Josef Gartner Germany Gundelfingen, DE
Cable Net Wall Erector: Ment Bros. Iron Works New York, NY
Architectural and Ornamental Fabricator: Allied Bronze LLC Long Island City, NY
Architectural and Ornamental Erector: Ornamental Installation Specialists Warwick, NY
Metal Deck Erector: A.C. Associates Lyndhurst, NJ