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. ......... from Wikipedia - select 'Wikipedia' tab above to read more.
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continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Post Montgomery Center, formerly Pacific Telesis Tower is an office skyscraper located at Post- and Kearny Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 152 m (499 ft), 38 storey tower was completed in 1982, and is connected by the Crocker Galleria mall to McKesson Plaza.
Built: 1982 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM style: Modern High-Rise location:
1 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California
United States
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Post Montgomery Center, formerly Pacific Telesis Tower is an office skyscraper located at Post- and Kearny Streets in the financial district of San Francisco, California. The 152 m (499 ft), 38 storey tower was completed in 1982, and is connected by the Crocker Galleria mall to McKesson Plaza.Built: 1982 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Busan Lotte World Tower is a 110-floor, 510.1 m (1,674 ft) supertall skyscraper project in Busan, South Korea. The tower is planned on a site next to Nampo-dong station on Busan Subway Line 1 and completion is expected in 2015 at earliest, when it will become the fifth tallest building in the world after Burj Khalifa, Shanghai Tower, Abraj Al Bait Towers, and One World Trade Center.Built: 2009 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Pan Peninsula, also known as 1 Millharbour, is an exclusive luxury residential development in the Docklands area of London, near South Quay DLR and Canary Wharf Underground stations. Pan Peninsula is one of several new high-rise residential developments that have sprung up due to increased demand for higher living standards in and around Canary Wharf.Built: 2009 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is a hotel property on the Kohala Coast of the island of Hawaii. It sits at Kaunaoa Bay. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) awarded the hotel an Honor Award in 1967 citing its "restrained detailing and fine spacial sequences." In 2007, the hotel received honors again from the AIA as it made the top 150 of its "America's Favorite Architecture" list.Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab Georgia-Pacific Tower is a 212.45 m (697.0 ft) skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. It contains 52 stories of office space and was finished in 1982. Before the six year era of tall skyscrapers to be built in Atlanta, it was Atlanta's second tallest building from 1982 to 1987, and during that time period, the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel was the tallest building in Atlanta. Including the extra 6 years which were 1976-1982 before the Georgia Pacific tower opened. It has a stair-like design that staggers down to the ground, and is clad in pink marble quarried from Tate, Georgia.Built: 1982 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab The Wharf Times Square (Chinese: 无锡九龙仑项目A塔; Chinese: 無錫九龍倉項目A塔) is a late-modernist supertall skyscraper under construction in Wuxi, China. The mixed-use tower is set to rise 339.2 metres (1,113 ft) and contain 83 floors. Construction of the 280,000 square metres (3,014,000 sq ft)-glass and steel-building is expected to be complete in 2014.Built: 2011 Design Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill location:
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab 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
continue to profile page : open in new page/tab 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