One World Observatory SkyPod Elevator wins 1st place in Elevator World's 2016 Project of the Year contest

The journey to One World Observatory in New York City transports guests via an

unforgettable and immersive virtual flight through time, while the elevator cabin

physically moves at 23 miles per hour (2,000 feet per minute) as it climbs to the 1,268-foot summit of the building. The five high-tech elevators, dubbed “SkyPods”, are the

most sophisticated and technically challenging integration of media and elevator system

ever achieved. These are the fastest and highest elevators operating in the Northern Western Hemisphere.

One World SkyPod Elevator won 1st place in Category 1: Elevators, New Construction in Elevator World's 2016 Project of the Year contest.  The project will be highlighted in the January 2016 issue of Elevator World, along with the 1st place winners in the remaining categories.

2016 Project of the Year Winners

Category 1: Elevators, New Construction

Project: One World Observatory Skypod Elevator, New York City, New York

Submitted by TheHettema Group

Category 2: Elevators, Modernization 

Project: Great Eagle Centre, HongKong

Submitted by Jardine Schindler Group

Category 3: Escalators, New Construction

Project: Rome Subway Line C, Rome, Italy

Submitted by ThyssenKrupp SouthernEurope, Africa and Middle East

Category 4: Escalators, Modernization

Project: New York State – OSG, Historic State Capital, Albany, New York

Submitted by KONE Inc.

Category 5: Moving Walks

Project: Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Medina, Saudi Arabia

Submitted by ThyssenKrupp SouthernEurope, Africa and Middle East

Category 6: Inclined Elevators

Project: EBBW Vale Inclined Lift, Wales, U.K.

Submitted by LECS (UK) Ltd.

Category 7: Platform Lifts & Stairway Chairlifts

Project: The Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre Box Office, Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, New York

Submitted by Handi-Lift Inc.

Category 8: Private Residency Elevators

Project: Mitered Glass Elevator, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Submitted by UT Elevator Inc.

Category 9: Special Purpose Lifts

Project: La Muela II Hydroelectric Power Plant, Valencia, Spain

Submitted by ThyssenKrupp SouthernEurope, Africa and Middle East