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The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park

LOCATION: NEW YORK, US OWNED BY: BANK OF AMERICA FLOOR COUNT: 55 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED: 2009

Designed by Cookfox and Adamson Associates, the Bank of America Tower stands as New York City’ s eighth tallest building at 370 metres.

It offers 2.1 million square feet of office space and was the first commercial skyscraper in the US to achieve LEED Platinum certification.

Its energy-efficient features raised construction costs by 6.5 %, but are expected to save US $ 3m in annual energy costs and boost productivity by US $ 7m each year. sustainabilitymag. com 27