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1 week agofoster + partners completes new york's largest all-electric tower for JPMorganChase
Today marks the completion of 270 Park Avenue, JPMorganChase's global headquarters designed by Foster + Partners in New York. Rising sixty stories above Midtown, it stands 1,388 feet (423.1 meters) tall as the city's largest all-electric tower, powered entirely by renewable energy, and is designed to achieve net-zero operational emissions. From street level, the building's presence is defined by its lifted base - an 80-foot-high volume supported by fan-shaped columns and triangular bracing that create a sense of lightness across the entire block.