Trump International Hotel & Tower (Columbus Circle, Manhattan)

Why was it built this way? In 1995, when redeveloping the 52-story former Gulf & Western Building at Columbus Circle (a tower plagued by wind vibration and commercial stagnation), Donald Trump and architect Philip Johnson retained Feng Shui consultant Pun-Yin from the earliest design stage: they sealed the old entrance facing the chaotic traffic rotary, relocated the main entrance to face Central Park, reclad the tower in reflective bronze-gold glass, and erected a giant polished stainless-steel globe (the Unisphere) right at the sharp apex in front of the building.

The Unbroken Feng Shui Thread: Columbus Circle is where Broadway slices diagonally across Eighth Avenue and 59th Street, creating severe Multi-Road Clash Sha (Lu Chong Sha / high-speed vehicular kinetic energy spearheading the building). Placing the mirrored stainless-steel globe directly at the apex acts as an urban-scale Convex Metal Taiji Mirror that deflects and disperses the oncoming traffic Sha. Simultaneously, shifting the main portal toward Central Park turns the building's back to the rotary chaos and opens its Qi mouth to absorb the serene Wood and Water Bright Hall Qi of Manhattan's green lung.