NEW YORK | 555 West 33rd St - World Product Centre | 1,011 FT / 308 M | 60 FLOORS

[NYC4Life]

World Product Centre

1.5 Million Sq Feet Tower

Part of Manhattan's Far West Side Redevelopment

Opening: Winter 2013??

ARCHITECTS:

KOHN PEDERSON FOX ARCHITECTS (Exterior)

FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS (Interior)






World Products Centre will include up to 1.5 million square feet of exhibition and meeting space in the 60-story, LEED certified, building. The building is designed with a "diagrid" structural framing system to create column free interior floor plans allowing for maximum flexibility in the interior configurations. Elevator service in the building will include high-speed service from the building lobby to a sky lobby for tenants on the upper floors of the building. Energy efficient building systems will support all internal functions providing Licensees and Attendees with a high level of comfort, flexibility, and maximum efficiency in the operations of their spaces.




MTA Subway extension

The 7-train extension project, serving the redevelopment of the Hudson Yards area, contains plans to house a subway stop directly underneath World Product Centre.





World Product Centre site - former Copacabana (pink building)

[NYC4Life]

WPC Website

http://www.worldproductcentre.com/index.html

[CapitalCity]

I really like the base.

[Lecom]

Sick! Too bad it's just shy of 1000 ft and the massing seems sort of awkward, but neither should be a problem in the long run.

[Antares41]

Reminds me of a wine bottle carton in netting! Height is nice, but does this look ...original?

[aliendroid]

being a medical student this building is particularly interesting to me. Though they should add 3 meters to it, it's already almost 300 and do something more creative at the top of the building.

[CoolCzech]

Originally Posted by Lecom

Sick! Too bad it's just shy of 1000 ft and the massing seems sort of awkward, but neither should be a problem in the long run.

Yeah, what is it with developers these days? Would a handful of extra feet just for the prestige of supertall status kill them? I wish there was more of a spirit of competition again.

That said, I like the building, and that super-zoot diagrid.

[NYguy]

Meanwhile, although listed at 977 ft, closer inspection reveals that this tower
is in fact a thousand footer, or 1,011 ft to be exact...(from the website)

[King weatherman3]

that tower try less Global Warming from LED Energy?

[Scruffy]

YES!!!!

This is the copacabana site. I didn't think we'd get a render until next week.
this is freakin sweet!

[Scruffy]

Did anyone else realize that they placed the tower in the wrong spot in the diagram with the subway line. Whoops. they placed in it on 30th right on the yards.

[aliendroid]

Originally Posted by Scruffy

Did anyone else realize that they placed the tower in the wrong spot in the diagram with the subway line. Whoops. they placed in it on 30th right on the yards.

and did anyone notice that in that diagram madison square garden looks like a huge toilet.

[stormkingfan]

Originally Posted by aliendroid

and did anyone notice that in that diagram madison square garden looks like a huge toilet.

LMAO!! You're right about that!

I don't have a problem with this tower, esp. with the fish net design. I like it. Seems kinda lonely though, but there'll be other towers joining it eventually.

As for eclipsing the Empire State Bldg. from the Jersey side.... just move a few blocks north or south. But if you're talking your view from your apt., well, uh........... shit!<shrug> (I tried)

[drew11]

Amazing, it will make a huge difference on the skyline.

[Nei!l]

This seems to have flown over the heads of several people.

NEW YORK, October 28, 2008 -- The world's first permanent international healthcare marketplace and education center will open in less than five years, the key players driving the project said today, as plans for the Midtown Manhattan tower have been finalized and marketing has begun. World Product Centre, as the project is known, has signed an agreement with Extell Development Company, a nationally acclaimed real estate developer, and formed a joint marketing company with GNYHA Ventures, a leading healthcare business services company owned by the Greater New York Hospital Association. The joint marketing company also announced that it has tapped John Strong, former president and chief executive officer of the $4.8 billion group purchasing organization, Consorta, Inc. as its top executive. "We are moving forward with this exciting endeavor," said Israel Green, president and visionary of World Product Centre.

Full article down below.

http://www.worldproductcentre.com/article.php?id=7

[scalziand]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice! Another external diagrid for New York. Does the massing of this remind anyone of Bloomberg tower?

[Fabb]

From New Jersey, this tower may eclipse the ESB.
It's very promising.

[koops65]

Why wouldn't they add a little 23 foot spire?

[scalziand]

This is actually 298m.
297m=974ft

[aliendroid]

One would think they'd build a project like this in Houston being that it's medical field related, but I guess the international aspect of it makes the best location New York.

Please build it!! I would do my CMEs here.