Richard Rogers to Design Tower at Ground Zero

Richard Rogers to Design Tower at Ground Zero
The British architect Richard Rogers, who helped create the Pompidou Center in Paris and is remaking the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, has been chosen to design a tower to be built by the developer Larry A. Silverstein at the former World Trade Center site, officials are to announce today.

Lord Rogers will design Tower 3 at 175 Greenwich Street, which will include two million square feet of office space.

The Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki is to design Tower 4 at 150 Greenwich Street, with 1.8 million square feet of office space.

Although Mr. Maki was chosen by Mr. Silverstein in 2003 for the roster of designers at ground zero, his mandate was unclear until now.

Tower 3 is Lord Rogers's fourth major commission in New York.

In addition to the Javits Center, which he is designing with FX Fowle, he is involved in a $200 million project to transform a two-mile stretch of the Lower Manhattan waterfront and a $1 billion expansion of Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, Queens.