The engineering, led by WSP, was exceptionally complex as the structure is integrated directly into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ventilation building and sits atop the 34th Street–Hudson Yards subway station.
Commercial Office Space
(52) SWP-H Vintage Self-Contained Units, 50–130 tons (~5,200 tons total)
Commissioned by Related Companies and Oxford Properties and delivered in 2019, 55 Hudson Yards is a 780-foot office tower distinguished by its matte-black metal "gunmetal" facade inspired by the cast-iron architecture of SoHo. The project, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates, utilized a post-tensioned concrete flat slab system — a rarity for New York commercial high-rises — to provide column-free corners and 12-foot ceilings across 1.3 million square feet.