30 Hudson Yards, Skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, USA
30 Hudson Yards is a 395-meter (1,296 ft) supertall skyscraper in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, with 76 floors numbered up to 103. Its sheer glass curtain wall rises from a lower rectangular glass volume, and the four-sided shaft tapers slightly to an angled flat roofline. A triangular observation deck, The Edge, juts from the 100th floor.
Construction of this tower began in 2014 and finished in March 2019, as part of the redevelopment of western Manhattan. The project brought new office space to a former rail yard that had been neglected for decades.
Künstler Jaume Plensa created a lobby installation of suspended stainless steel spheres representing global connections. This work greets every visitor entering the building with its reflective surfaces and mathematical forms.
The building has 59 elevators serving the different office floors, carrying employees and visitors to their destinations. Those wishing to visit the observation deck should check access conditions in advance, as entry to the main building is restricted.
The Edge observation deck extends outward from the 100th floor and features a glass floor section offering direct views to the streets 1,100 feet (335 meters) below. This suspended area was engineered to give visitors a sense of floating above the city.
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