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Podium of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture

Tower 4.5

In the wake of 9/11, any new construction at the World Trade Center site had to shoulder an outsized responsibility to the city and to history itself. The 30-story hotel tower that DF&A designed in Lower Manhattan stands just steps from the Memorial Pools. And although it is not a part of Libeskind’s master plan for Ground Zero, the hotel neighbors the four massive towers that underpin the complex, including the tallest building in the Western hemisphere, the 1,776-foot Tower 1. At less than a quarter of that height, the Courtyard designed by DF&A ably takes its place as Tower 4.5.


Described by the New York Daily News as “a standout even among the starchitecture of Ground Zero,” the hotel is an inviting public space at a more human scale than its neighbors. The majority of the floors face the World Trade Center site with a faceted glass exterior that appears to float above street level. But the podium is distinct: clad in an elegant steel mesh, it beckons as a glowing veil that transforms from day to night, and provides the lower floors with shade and privacy. The gift of protected proximity continues up above: a sky bar at the top of the building gives visitors a place where they can escape from and contemplate the city overlooking Memorial Park.

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Project

Courtyard by Marriott at 133 Greenwich Street, NYC

Client

Hidrock Realty / Robert Finvarb Companies

Collaborator

Peter Poon Architects

Budget

$65 Million

Stories

30

Key Count

317

Completion Date

March 2016

View from below of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
South facade of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
Video cover of Danny Forster talking about the World Trade Center Tower 4.5 project on Downtown Manhattan designed by his own studio
Detail of the stone wall on the South facade of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
North facade of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
Architectural rendering of the aerial view of the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, the One World Trade Center, Two, Three and Four, the Oculus and the Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
Areas diagram of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
View from across the 9/11 Memorial Plaza of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
Ground floor plan of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
Ceramic frit patterns and density on the West curtain wall of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
View from below showing the screen wall of the podium of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
Facade study axonometric view of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
View from the entrance of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
View of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture from the pool on the 9/11 Memorial Plaza in Downtown Manhattan
Video cover of the construction time-lapse of the World Trade Center Tower 4.5 project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
View from below of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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South facade of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Detail of the stone wall on the South facade of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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North facade of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Architectural rendering of the aerial view of the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, the One World Trade Center, Two, Three and Four, the Oculus and the Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Areas diagram of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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View from across the 9/11 Memorial Plaza of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Ground floor plan of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Podium floor plan of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Sixth floor plan of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Eigth to Seventeenth floor plan of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Roof bar floor plan of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Ceramic frit patterns and density on the West curtain wall of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Ceramic frit patterns and density on the North curtain wall of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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View from below showing the screen wall of the podium of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Facade study of the West side of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Facade study of the West screen wall module of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Facade study of the South side of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Facade study of the South screen wall module of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Screen wall module detail of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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Screen wall module detail from the inside of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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View from the entrance of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project on the 133 Greenwich street in Downtown Manhattan designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture
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View of the World Trade Center Tower Courtyard by Marriott project designed by the architecture studio Danny Forster & Architecture from the pool on the 9/11 Memorial Plaza in Downtown Manhattan
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