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A New Building for the U.N.
As the United Nations wrapped up its 68th General Assembly last week, a major piece of news nearly slipped under the radar: Designs for the UN Consolidation Tower, a 36-story building that will flank the headquarters like an eager little brother, housing almost 3000 employees. But besides offering much-needed emergency overflow space, this new building could end up making the UN more secure as a whole. Where does the UN get it cash-ola for graft and corruption, again? The U.S.? It'll certainly made career kleptocrats more secure...  Designed by Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, who will collaborate with local firm FXFowle on the project, the building is still in very early design development -- a vague grey tower that looks to mimic the basic proportions of the original UN. Sited directly south of the original complex (and connected to it through an underground tunnel), the building will sit on land currently occupied by the Robert Moses Playground. It's scheduled for completion in 2018 -- a tight time frame, for a tower in Manhattan that will house some of the more security-sensitive spaces in the city.Has the NSA arranged for bugging every room? Posted by: Bobby 2013-10-07 |
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