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The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago.Completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), [2] it stands at a height of 1,007 ft (307 m) and contains 1.7 million sq ft (160,000 m 2) of floor space. [3]
This building used the steel-frame method, innovated in Chicago. It was originally built with 10 stories, an enormous height in the 1800s, to a height of 138 feet (42 m). It was later expanded to 12 stories with a height of 180 feet (55 m). The building was demolished in 1931.
The 118-storey, 599 m (1,965 ft) Ping An International Finance Centre in Shenzhen, China, is the tallest building in the 300-599 meter "supertall" class. According to the CTBUH , a supertall building is defined as a building between 300 and 599 m (984 and 1,965 ft) in height.
Also known as the Nordstrom Tower. At 1,550 feet, the tower is the tallest residential building in the world both by roof height and architectural height. [9] [10] Topped out in September 2019. [11] It is the tallest building outside Asia by roof height. Tallest building constructed in the United States in the 2020s. Willis Tower † Chicago
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The decentralization of the printing process led to many buildings in the area, including the Franklin Building, being abandoned from their original uses. [4] The building housed presses until 1983 and was converted into 65 condominium loft apartments in 1989. It was the last major building on Printer's Row to be converted. [2]
At 961 feet (293 m) tall, it is the ninth-tallest building in Chicago and the 36th tallest in the United States. It was once the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world. 311 South Wacker was also the tallest building in the world known only by its street address, until it was surpassed in height by New York's 432 Park Avenue in 2015.