Photo © James Ewing | OTTO
in 2014, the first offices opened for use in the landmark one world trade center tower, designed by skidmore, owings & merrill. thirteen years after the tragic events of 9/11, the occasion marks a key moment in the lineage of the lower manhattan site, re-establishing its potential as a business center. beyond this, the freedom tower’ exists as a striking visual icon in lower manhattan, both along the city’s skyline as well as from the ground level.