A place of memory
One World Trade Center rises on the north-west corner of the World Trade Center site. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, just to the south, marks where the Twin Towers stood.
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed the tower. Work began on 27 April 2006, and the building opened on 3 November 2014.
A meaningful height
The tower’s architectural height is 1,776 feet (541.3 m), a figure that refers to 1776, the year of the Declaration of Independence. The observatory on its 100th to 102nd floors opened in May 2015.



