One World Trade Center and Two World Trade Center, commonly referred to as the Twin Towers, were designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki as framed tube structures, which provided tenants with open floor plans, uninterrupted by columns or walls.

Two commercial airliners hijacked by terrorists were deliberately flown into the Twin Towers of the complex, resulting in a total progressive collapse that killed almost 3,000 people. It was the deadliest and costliest building collapse in history.

2025年1月16日 · Until the 2001 attack, it was notable for its huge twin towers, each of which had 110 stories, that formed a distinctive feature of the New York skyline. The roof of One World Trade Center reached to 1,368 feet (417 metres), and Two World Trade Center was 1,362 feet (415 metres) tall.

2009年12月3日 · The iconic twin towers of downtown Manhattan’s World Trade Center were a triumph of human imagination and will.

2011年6月21日 · Civilians bolt in the opposite direction as firefighters rush towards the Twin Towers of the New York City's World Trade Center after a plane hit the building on September 11, 2001....

Construction on the World Trade Center began on August 5, 1966, but most of the work in the first two years was below street level. The Twin Towers began their vertical climb in 1968. The North Tower was completed first in December 1970, followed by the South Tower in July 1971.

1993年2月26日 · Learn more about the complexity of the World Trade Center’s construction, operations, and management through these facts and figures. The Twin Towers dominated the Manhattan skyline for three decades before their destruction in 2001.

After the events of 9/11, the Twin Towers were not the only structures affected, all seven buildings of the World Trade Center were completely destroyed, along with the PATH train station...

2011年9月11日 · The Twin Towers were the centerpieces of the World Trade Center complex. At 110 stories each, 1 WTC (North Tower) and 2 WTC (South Tower) provided nearly 10 million square feet of office space for about 35,000 people and 430 companies.

Map. The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, United States which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks; a new complex is mostly complete and is built on the site of the old one.. The biggest buildings in the original World Trade Center were the Twin Towers. The North Tower was the tallest …