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official
name
: World Trade Center Twin Towers (WTC I-II)
location
: New York, USA
building
function
: Office
architectural
height
: 415/417 m
number
of
storeys
: 110
status
: Demolished after collapse following fire and airplane impact (2001)
completion
: 1972 (WTC I), 1973 (WTC II)
architect
: Minoru Yamazaki & Associates; Emery Roth & Sons
structural
engineer
: Leslie E. Robertson Associates
structural
system
: Framed-tube system/steel
World Trade Center Twin Towers: architectural and structural information
The 110-storey, 417/415 m high World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York (USA)
were designed by Minoru Yamazaki & Associates and Emery Roth & Sons. They were
steel buildings with a framed-tube system. The WTC I gained the title of “the world's
tallest building” in 1972 and the WTC II did so in 1973. The buildings' structure was
integrated with the architectural design and became prominent.
The World Trade Center Twin Towers (WTC I-II) were described by Ada Louise
Huxtable as “Experimental architecture that goes beyond contemporary standards to
explore a more evocative world for a broader, richer and more ornamental contem-
porary architecture. This large and important group of structures will be unlike
anything that New York has ever seen before” (quoted in Harris, 2001, p. 38). Taking
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