The Joint Venture

Two weeks later, on the seventieth floor of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, history was made in the global architectural world. Beneath the soaring acoustic ceilings of the newly constructed corporate headquarters, over three hundred senior partners, lead engineers, international consortium delegates, and sovereign dignitaries gathered for the official signing and consolidation ceremony of Hayes & Stone Global Architecture. Outside the panoramic floor-to-ceiling glass walls, the sprawling panorama…