Bank of America Tower

1:4000 scale miniature paper model, about 4 inches tall

This 1,200-foot skyscraper designed by architects Rick Cook and Robert Fox was completed in 2009. The tower is a showpiece of environmentally-conscious office design, incorporating high-tech water conservation, air filtration and energy storage systems. The base of the building incorporates the preserved 1918 façade of the Stephen Sondheim Theater with an underground performance space.

Read more:

• The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat awarded the tower Best Tall Building
• July 2013 article in the New Republic disputing the tower's pro-environment credentials
• Treehugger responds to the New Republic article
• Official websites of One Bryant Park and Stephen Sondheim Theater