Concrete Alliance - Virtual Tour

Carnegie Hall Tower
New York, New York
Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates.
Architect of Record: Brennan Beer Gorman
Owner: Rockrose Construction Corporation
Recipient of the Concrete Industry Board's Award of Merit

The Carnegie Hall Tower is a 757 ft. tall structure immediately adjacent to the more than a century year old Carnegie Hall. The building's profile is 50-ft. wide on its north side and 75-ft. wide on the south for part of its height. Having an aspect ratio between 15:1 and 10:1, it was the world's most slender building in 1991. It set a benchmark in slenderness achievable only in reinforced concrete. A "double tube" structural system with wind-resisting elements designed into the cast-in-place exterior columns and spandrel beams provided the structural design solution for this building. There are no interior columns in Carnegie Hall Tower. Carnegie Tower is at present the tallest commercial concrete building in New York City.

Photo Courtesy of Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers, P.C.

The Concrete Alliance originated from the idea that the public will have a voice in demanding reinforced cast-in-place concrete as the material of a safer choice.

The goal of the Concrete Alliance is to educate politicians, developers, architects, engineers, insurers, and the general public about the safety benefits that a cast-in-place reinforced concrete building offers.

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