In announcing the new design plans, Childs said the One World Trade Center tower is “iconic, simple and pure in its form, a memorable form that will reclaim the resilience and the spirit of our ...

Park’s Cityfront ’99 design (left) compared to One World Trade Center (right). Image via 6sqft The lawsuit states that the 104-story One World Trade bears a “striking similarity” to his 12 ...

His buildings all look different.” Image Mr. Childs was the chief architect of 1 World Trade Center, also known as Freedom Tower. The design went through at least five iterations during the ...

Childs was sued in 2004 by Thomas Shine, who claimed Childs had copied his graduate student work at Yale for SOM’s One World Trade Center design. Childs denied the accusation, and the suit was ...

I wanted to raise the level of everyday development as much as I could.” Architect David Childs speaks beside a model of the new revised design for 1 World Trade Center in 2005. PHOTO: Mario ...

Tokyo's World Trade Center Building, which at 152 meters high was Japan’s tallest building when it was completed in 1970, is shutting for good on June 30 for demolition. While the skyscraper ...

Untitled (Fish on Fire, Greenwich Street) now looms over the lobby of 3 World Trade Center. At a massive 20 ... advancements in computer technology and design software. His pioneering sculptural ...

In announcing the new design plans, Childs said the One World Trade Center tower is "iconic, simple and pure in its form, a memorable form that will reclaim the resilience and the spirit of our ...