The Room With the View
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View from the Millenium, UN Plaza
On July 28, 2007, it was announced the complex will undergo a $1 billion renovation. Swedish firm Skanska AB won a bid to overhaul the buildings which will include the Conference, General Assembly and Secretariat buildings. The renovations, which will be the first since the complex opened in 1950, are expected to take 7 years to complete.
Officials hope the renovated buildings will achieve a LEED Silver rating, although they concede that the delay in construction will result in a projected 7.5% inflation rate in the cost of materials and labor over the course of the project. The site of the United Nations Headquarters has extraterritoriality status.
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Sol Lewitt at City Hall Park
Mission of India to the UN
