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The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...
SAS i-tower : Hyderabad India: 480,000 561 171 36 2023 [4] USAA Corporate Headquarters San Antonio, Texas United States: 476,000 50 15.25 4 1976 15,000 The Exchange 106: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: 453,835 1,462 445.5 95 2019 Willis Tower: Chicago United States: 416,000 1,451 442 108 1974 ~15,000 [5] Petronas Twin Towers: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ...
At the time, the Willis Tower held first place in the second and third categories, the Petronas Towers held the first category, and the original WTC North Tower held the fourth (height to tip) category with its antenna. [19] In 2000, however, a new antenna mast was placed on the Willis Tower, giving it the record in the fourth category.
The tallest building in the city is the 110-story Willis Tower (also known as the Sears Tower), which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. [2] [3] Sears Tower was the tallest building in the world upon its completion, and remained the tallest building in the United States until May 10, 2013. [4]
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Willis Building may refer to: Willis Building (London), a skyscraper in London; Willis Building, Ipswich, a low-rise office building in Ipswich, Suffolk; Willis Tower, a skyscraper in Chicago formerly called the Sears Tower
The Willis Building was constructed between 2004 and 2008 under the management of Mace [3] and represented a significant addition to the City of London skyline at the time, becoming its fourth-tallest building after Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe and CityPoint. The core was topped out in July 2006 and the steelwork completed in September that year.
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