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Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bengali: ফজলুর রহমান খ়ান Fozlur Rôhman Khan) (April 3, 1929 - March 27, 1982) was an American Bangladeshi architect and structural engineer. He is a central figure behind the "Second Chicago School" of architecture, and is regarded as the "Father of tubular design for high-rises". Khan, "more than any other individual, ushered in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half of the twentieth century." He has been called the "Einstein of structural engineering" and the "Greatest Structural Engineer of the 20th Century" for his innovative use of structural systems that remain fundamental to modern skyscraper construction. He is widely known for his work on the John Hancock Center and the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), which was the world's tallest building for several decades.
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- John Hancock Center
  
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  John Hancock Center at 875 North Michigan Avenue in the Streeterville area of Chicago, Illinois, is a 100-story, 1,127-foot (344 m) tall skyscraper, constructed under the supervision of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, with chief designer Bruce Graham and structural engineer Fazlur Khan. When the building topped out on May 6, 1968, it was the tallest building in the world outside New York City. It is currently the fourth-tallest building in Chicago and the sixth-tallest in the United States, after the Willis Tower, the Empire State Building, the Bank of America Tower, the Trump Tower Chicago, and the Aon Center. When measured to the top of its antenna masts, it stands at 1,506 feet (459 m). The building is home to offices and restaurants, as well as about 700 condominiums and contains the third highest residence in the world, after the Trump Tower also in Chicago and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. This skyscraper was named for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, a developer and original tenant of the building.
  Built: 1970
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  Design Architect : Bruce John Graham
  Structural Engineer : Fazlur Khan
  style: Structural Expressionism
  location:
  875 N. Michigan Ave.
  Chicago, Illinois
  United States
- Alcoa Building (One Maritime Plaza)
  
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  One Maritime Plaza is an office tower located in San Francisco's Financial District near the Embarcadero Center towers on Clay and Front Streets. The building, completed in 1964, stands 121 m (398 feet) and has 25 floors of office space. This is one of the earliest buildings to use seismic bracing in the form of external trusses and X-braces.
  Built: 1964
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  Structural Engineer : Fazlur Khan
  style: Structural Expressionism
  location:
  300 Clay Street
  San Francisco, California
  United States
- Plaza on DeWitt
  
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  The Plaza on DeWitt was completed in 1966 as a residential apartment building at 260 E. Chestnut Street in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. It was converted to condominiums in 1975. On the ground floor, a French bistro, Le Petit Paris, formerly Zaven's, serves traditional French cuisine. It has been noted to have many problems, including frequent dangerous elevator malfunctions and unrenovated units, and has suffered from poor management. Recently, there are reportedly bedbug problems in the building and the Plaza on Dewitt management will not pay for bed bug eradication. It is most well known for its two fires in 2002 and 2009 that injured over two dozen people and killed two people. However, the Plaza on Dewitt has not installed a sprinkler system to protect its tenants, and future deaths and injuries from fires may result. The recent voice-activated alarm system has had flaws, with unintelligible voice alarms. In 2002, a fire on the 14th floor killed one and injured 11, and on December 10, 2009, another fire, on the 36th floor, also killed one person and injured 12 people. About one third of the Chicago Fire Department's equipment, with about 300 firefighters, responded to the 2009 fire.
  Built: 1966
  Design Architect : Fazlur Khan
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  Chicago,
- Willis Tower - Sears Tower
  
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  The Willis Tower (formerly named, and still commonly referred to as, the Sears Tower) is a 108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. The Willis Tower is the tallest building in the United States and the seventh-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
  Built: 1973
  Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM
  Design Architect : Bruce John Graham
  Structural Engineer : Fazlur Khan
  style: Modern High-Rise
  location:
  233 S. Wacker Drive
  Chicago, Illinois
  United States
Structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929- 1982) ushered in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half of the 20th century. Fazlur Khan was a visionary and the series of progressive ideas that he brought forth added to efficent high-rise construction from 1960 - 1980. This can be seen in his own work - notably his efficient designs for Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center and 110-story Sears Tower (the tallest building in the United States since its completion in 1974).

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