---
title: "This Company Says It’ll Build an Entire Skyscraper in 90 Days"
description: "Hotel giant Marriott announced in April that it's planning to construct a 26-story skyscraper in New York City in just 90 days."
date: "2019-08-07"
modified: "2019-08-07"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/marriott-modular-skyscraper-90-days"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "marriott international"
  - "modular construction"
  - "nyc"
  - "the digest"
---

# This Company Says It’ll Build an Entire Skyscraper in 90 Days

![Hotel giant Marriott announced in April that it's planning to construct a 26-story skyscraper in New York City in just 90 days.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/this-company-says-itll-build-an-entire-skyscraper-in-90-days.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Marriott\</em\>*

## Tallest Modular Hotel

Hotel giant Marriott [announced in April](<https://news.marriott.com/2019/04/worlds-tallest-modular-hotel-set-to-rise-in-new-york-city-this-fall-highlighting-marriott-internationals-vision-to-disrupt-the-way-buildings-get-built/>) that it's planning to construct a 26-story skyscraper in New York City in just 90 days — and it's hoping to save a lot of money in the process.

The idea is simple: prefabricate modules off-site and put it all together Lego-style. According to construction website *The B1M*'s [new coverage](<https://www.theb1m.com/video/the-worlds-tallest-modular-hotel>) of the project, the costs of such a modular skyscraper would only be $70 million — while comparable structures would typically cost in excess of $100 million.

https://youtu.be/J8m_XURNbKY

The reason why the process is so incredibly fast is because the excavation and laying of the foundation on-site can be completed at the same time as the construction of the modules. It would also require nearly 70 percent less on-site, labor according to *The* *B1M*.

## Prefab High Rise

In fact, most of the segments of Marriott's planned hotel are being built in Poland and then shipped across the Atlantic. The rooms will be ready made according to Marriott, including bedding and even toiletries.

"We wanted to demonstrate that modular building can do more than just harness the efficiencies of the factory," Danny Forster, owner of the firm that designed the tower, said in an [April press release](<https://news.marriott.com/2019/04/worlds-tallest-modular-hotel-set-to-rise-in-new-york-city-this-fall-highlighting-marriott-internationals-vision-to-disrupt-the-way-buildings-get-built/>). "It can produce a graceful and iconic tower. And yes, it can do so at the rate of an entire floor a day."

**READ MORE:** [The World's Tallest Modular Hotel](<https://www.theb1m.com/video/the-worlds-tallest-modular-hotel>) \[*The B1M*\]

**More on modular construction:** *Plyscrapers Will Allow Us to Build High Rises While Reducing Carbon Emissions*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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