Willis Tower
General Information
| Function / usage: |
Office building
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| Other name(s): | Sears Tower |
| Built: | 1970 - 1973 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA, North America |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 443 m |
Materials
| building structure |
steel
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Chronology
| 2009 0 A.D. | The name of the tower is officiall changed from Sears Tower to Willis Tower. |
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Participants
Architecture
Wind analysis
Structural engineering
Construction
Relevant Web Sites
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A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering: Sears Tower
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archINFORM: Sears Tower
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Batiactu: Le gratte-ciel le plus élevé des Etats-Unis change de propriétaire
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Chicago Public Library: Sears Tower
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Great Buildings Online: Sears Tower
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Sears Tower (Mary Ann Sullivan)
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Sears Tower.org
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SkyscraperPage: Sears Tower
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The Sears Tower
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Wikipedia: Sears Tower
Relevant Publications
- Tour Sears, à Chicago (Etats-Unis), in "La Technique des Travaux", July 1975, n. 7-8 v. 51
- Art of the Skyscraper, Rizzoli International Publications, New York (USA), ISBN 0847823709, 2001; pp. 122-135
- Den Himmel berühren, Orbis Verlag, ISBN 3572013798; pp. 10-33
- Landmarks in American Civil Engineering History, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November - December 2002, n. 11-12 v. 72
- Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA), ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 68-69
- Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA), ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 70-71
- Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 304
- La tour Sears (Chicago): le bâtiment le plus haut du monde, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", July 1973 v. 38
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 446-447
- Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), ISBN 2281191478, 2001
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000065 |
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| Created: | 28/10/1998 |
| Last Updated: | 21/05/2013 |



