The Office Building pays homage to the original Twin Towers, having four shafts of similar proportions but the tallest only 84 stories. The beveled top edges of the four shafts are lit from within, create an identity at night and add to the cityscape.

The girth of the building, the entire length of the WTC site, is identifiable to the entire world, as were the soaring heights of the Twin Towers. The façade of the shafts recreate the vertical expression of the original Towers, which contrast with the horizontal direction of the connecting masses with linear windows of blue tinted glass over granite spandrels. The masses have curved corners softly connecting to the building shafts, but bellow out into voluptuous forms. The masses have sections of their facades clad in mirror glass to reflect the sky, suggesting missing portions taken away from the building(s) that symbolize our lost security and serenity.

The Office Building houses a WTC Museum within both Grandstands connected by a corridor lined with retail shops. It is possible to erect the Building in phases with the North Towers first, the Transportation Center and then the South Towers, depending on real estate market conditions.

THE RETAIL BUILDINGS

The one story high Memorial Garden level offers retail space below, with street frontage along all sides. There is retail spaces at the ground level of the Office Building and the proposed Hotel and/or Cultural Center.