David Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the Twin Towers ...

Mr. Childs, the lead architect of One World Trade Center, made his first design sketch on a napkin several years after the ...

giving them a say in the New York skyline. This was recognized by none other than Donald Trump, who as a real estate developer in the 2000s sponsored a proposal for the “Twin Towers II.” ...

In January 1974, now 24 years old, he flew to New York City for the first time in his life to put his daring plan into action. After months scouting the towers, including posing as a journalist to ...

David Childs, the lead architect of the One World Trade Center skyscraper that rose from the site where the Twin Towers collapsed in New York City during the 9/11 attacks, has died. He was 83.