Major high-rise projects in dense urban settings are often intentionally isolated from nearby buildings. Not so with One Vanderbilt, says the project team for the landmark $1.4-billion, 1.7-million-sq-ft skyscraper in east midtown Manhattan.
While its four interlocking and tapering rectangular glass-and-metal-panel volumes spiral to the sky, the 67-story building is intricately integrated with neighboring Grand Central Terminal via an active 14,000-sq-ft pedestrian plaza on Vanderbilt Avenue. A new 4,000-sq-ft underground public transit hall inside the tower provides enhanced connections to various transit services.