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Standing 546.2 metres tall , the One World Trade Centre in New York City is the tallest building in the Western World . Also nicknamed Freedom Tower , the project was proposed back in 2005 , four years after the September 11 attacks in 2001 . Construction began in 2006 and was completed in 2014 . The tower sits beside the Ground Zero memorial to the 9 / 11 attacks , and serves as a point of commercial pride , and a memory of the city ’ s loss . With its sweeping v-shaped front , the building rises from a cubic base , its edges chamfered back , resulting in a faceted form composed of eight elongated isosceles triangles that creates an effect that is symmetrical and random , like a kaleido- scope . The One World Trade Centre is made up of 94 floors above ground and five beneath .

SUMMER / AUTUMN 2020