Foster + Partners has been announced as the architect for JPMorgan Chase‘s 60-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, and has released the first set of official renderings for the Midtown East project. The office skyscraper will yield 2.5 million square feet (232,257 square meters) of flexible and collaborative space, and will become the tallest building in New York City to be fully powered by a New York State hydroelectric power plant, operating with net-zero emissions. The structure is rising on a full-block site bound by Park Avenue to the east, Madison Avenue to the west, East 47th Street to the south, and East 48th Street to the north.
The tower is shown clad in a mix of floor-to-ceiling glass and copper panels, with diagrid columns creating a series of triangular and diamond-shaped outlines across the height of the eastern and western elevations. The lower setbacks on the sides of the building will be topped with landscaped terraces. An illuminated crown caps the structure.
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