Comcast Technology Center
- Architect
- Norman Foster
- Year
- 2018
- Style
- Contemporary Modern
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
The Comcast Technology Center, completed in 2017 and designed by Norman Foster's firm Foster and Partners, is the tallest building in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania at 1,121 feet across 60 floors — and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere outside Manhattan and Chicago. It sits one block west of the original Comcast Center at 18th and Arch Streets, forming what the company calls its Comcast Center Campus.
the building
Stacked functions. The tower stacks its uses vertically: television studios and retail on the lowest floors, offices for Comcast's software engineers through the middle floors, and a hotel and restaurant — the highest hotel in the nation — at the top.
A four-year build. Construction ran from mid-2014 to November 27, 2017. The first Comcast personnel moved in during July 2018, and the tower opened to the public that October.
the style
Contemporary Modern (c. 1990–present): Today's default architecture: floor-to-ceiling glass, crisp panel facades, bold cantilevers, and mixed materials.
More on Contemporary Modernthe architect
Norman Foster's firm, Foster and Partners, served as lead architect, working with the collaborating firm Kendall/Heaton Associates and with Gensler on the interiors.
More on Norman Fostersignificance
The Comcast Technology Center holds the record as the tallest building in both Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, and the tallest in the Western Hemisphere outside Manhattan and Chicago.
nearby
- Arch Street Presbyterian Church
- One Logan Square
- Suburban Station
- Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
- Saint Clement's Church
- Family Court Building