A Look into One World Trade Center: A Monumental Build
The planning, design, and construction that went into One World Trade Center was a monumental undertaking, with world-class workmanship throughout.
Panes of seemingly endless, gleaming glass climb a symbolic 1,776 feet in the sky, disguising a stainless steel frame. Viewed from the bottom, the triangular building façade rises to a point. From afar, it’s an obelisk, a meeting of eight isosceles triangles. And on the 50th floor, you’re enveloped within an octagon.
The planning, design, and construction that went into One World Trade Center was a monumental undertaking, with world-class workmanship throughout. Benson Industries, curtain wall contractors, long focused on high-rise and custom-unitized curtain wall systems, was awarded the momentous project and took on the challenge of meeting the building’s rigorous performance requirements and inventive design.