The Trump Tower viewed from the 5th avenue

Trump Tower

Trump Tower is a 58-story skyscraper in New York City located at 725 Fifth Avenue (Manhattan), at the corner of 56th Street. The City of New York An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Der Scutt (born 1934 is an architect, designer of major buildings throughout New York City and the United States. Structural engineers analyze design plan and research structural components and Structural systems Their work takes account mainly of technical economic and environmental WSP (William Sale Partnership Group is a UK-based global company that provides management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper The City of New York The mixed-use tower was developed by Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business magnate, Socialite, Television personality, and AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (formerly The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States) was founded by Henry Baldwin Hyde in 1859 Designed by Der Scutt of Swanke, Hayden Connell, it was completed on 30th November 1983. Der Scutt (born 1934 is an architect, designer of major buildings throughout New York City and the United States.

The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed. A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core. This increases the effective dimensions of the core to that of the building in order to resist the overturning of lateral forces (wind, minor earthquakes, and impacts perpendicular to the building’s height). A similar structure was used for Trump World Tower. Trump World Tower is a residential Skyscraper at 845 United Nations Plaza ( First Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets in Manhattan

Ordinarily a building of that height could not have been built on the small site. By mixing uses (retail, office, and residential), constructing a through-block arcade (connecting to the IBM building to the east), and using the air rights from Tiffany’s flagship store next door, and including the atrium (designed as a “public space” under the city codes at the time), Trump was able to assemble a bonus package that enabled a taller tower. Tiffany & Co ( is a US jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City

The building’s public spaces are clad in Breccia Pernice, a pink white-veined marble and brass and mirrors are used throughout. This includes the office lobby, off Fifth Avenue, and the five-level atrium which has a waterfall, shops, cafés, and a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the waterfall’s pool. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock The atrium is crowned with a skylight. In 2006, Forbes Magazine valued the tower at $318 million. [1]

Notes

Trump Tower Waterfall

The tower is known as the setting for the reality show The Apprentice because the contestants reside in a suite there during the contest; the famous "boardroom" is located there; and the building is featured during the show in several other ways including an occasional morning assignment meeting. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary The Apprentice is an American reality television show hosted by Donald Trump, created by Mark Burnett and broadcast on

Donald Trump lives in the tower's triplex penthouse valued at $50 million. Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business magnate, Socialite, Television personality, and A penthouse apartment or penthouse is an Apartment or Condominium that is on one of the highest floors of an Apartment building or condominium

Although the Trump Tower has 58 constructed floors, it is frequently marketed and cited as having 68 floors. This was a tool used by Trump to market the apartments as being on higher floors than they actually are (and thus commanding higher prices).

References

Rubin, Sy; Trump Tower; Lyle Stuart; 1st ed edition (October 1984)

Gardner, Ralph Jr; For Tower Residents, a New Math, The New York Times; May 8, 2003

Horsley, Carter B. The City Book:Trump Tower [2]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in New York City

External links

• Trump Tower in the Structurae database
• Trump Tower at Der Scutt Architect website