West 8 delivered final design Governors Island Phase 1

02/2012 | newsletter | West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture

It's been over four years since West 8 won the competition.

West 8, represented by Jamie Larson, has handed the complete CD disks of the final design of the first phase to the client of the Governors Island project, The Trust for Governors Island, on 14 Feb 2012.

Starting around May 2012, Governors Island is expected to be fully in construction.

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