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Willis Tower (Sears Tower)

Completed in: 1974
Status: in use
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Sears Tower
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Function / usage:
Office building

Persons involved with this structure

Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Bruce Graham
Structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure

Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architecture Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Wind analysis Weidlinger Associates
Structural engineering Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Construction American Bridge Company

Technical information

DescriptionValue

Construction materials used

building structure  steel

Dimensions

  height 443 m

Chronology

2009 0 A.D.
The name of the tower is officiall changed from Sears Tower to Willis Tower.

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External LinkA Sightseer's Guide to Engineering: Sears Tower English
External LinkarchINFORM: Sears Tower English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBatiactu: Le gratte-ciel le plus élevé des Etats-Unis change de propriétaire French
External LinkChicago Public Library: Sears Tower English
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Sears Tower English
External LinkSears Tower (Mary Ann Sullivan) English
External LinkSears Tower.org English
External LinkSkyscraperPage: Sears Tower English
External LinkThe Sears Tower English
External LinkVikipedi: Sears Kulesi Turkish
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External LinkВікіпедія: Сірз Тауер Ukrainian
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Relevant Literature

* Tour Sears, à Chicago (Etats-Unis), in "La Technique des Travaux", July 1975, n. 7-8 v. 51 .
* Ali, Mir M.   Art of the Skyscraper, Rizzoli International Publications, New York (USA) , ISBN 0847823709, 2001; pp. 122-135.
* Bennett, David   Den Himmel berühren, Orbis Verlag, ISBN 3572013798; pp. 10-33.
* Brown, Jeff L.   Landmarks in American Civil Engineering History, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November - December 2002, n. 11-12 v. 72 .
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers (2nd edition), Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., New York (USA) , ISBN 1579127878, 2008; pp. 70-71.
* Dupré, Judith   Skyscrapers, Black Dog & Loventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822452, 1996; pp. 68-69.
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 304.
* Iyengar   La tour Sears (Chicago): le bâtiment le plus haut du monde, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", July 1973 v. 38 .
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 446-447.
* Sabbah, Catherine   Horizons architecture / Architectural Horizons, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191478, 2001.

 
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