Foster & Partners’ latest addition to the New York skyline covers an entire city block and forms part of the Hudson Yards development in Midtown Manhattan.

Much of Hudson Yards is being built on a deck above railway sidings, however Fosters’ 50 Hudson Yards tower is one of two buildings in the project’s first phase that are not on the platform. The development also features towers by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, Bjarke Ingels Group, Diller Scofidio & Renfro and SOM.

Fosters’ 78-storey building is already home to Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc, which has leased 22 floors. Investment-management firm BlackRock has taken a further 15 floors.

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