Fazlur Khan (1929 - 1982)

Fazlur Khan

Name:	Fazlur Khan
Full name:	Fazlur Rahman Khan
Original spelling:	ফজলুর রহমান খান
Born on	3 April 1929 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia
Deceased on	27 March 1982 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Asia
Place(s) of activity:	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
1950	Immigrates to the United States, begins studies for masters and doctorate degrees in mechanics and structural engineering
1955	Employee at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
1970	General Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; John Hancock Center

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

Khan, Fazlur 100-Story John Hancock Center in Chicago - A Case Study of the Design Process, in "IABSE Journal", August 1972
Khan, Fazlur John Hancock Center, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", October 1967, n. 10 v. 37
Khan, Fazlur Computer Design of 100-Story John Hancock Center, in "Journal of the Structural Division (ASCE)", December 1963 v. 92

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Ali, Mir M. Art of the Skyscraper, Rizzoli International Publications, New York (USA), ISBN 0847823709, 2001
Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 234-246
Dupré, Judith & Smith, Adrian Skyscrapers (2^nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA), ISBN 1579127878, 2008
Ellis, Richard A. & Billington, David P. Construction history of the composite framed tube structural system, presented at First International Congress on Construction History, Madrid, 20-24.01.2003.
Khan, Y. S. Dr Fazlur R. Khan (1929-1982), in "Structural Engineering International", August 2004, n. 3 v. 14
Kurrer, Karl-Eugen The History of the Theory of Structures, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3-433-01838-3, 2008; pp. 740-741
Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 251-2
Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 222