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official
name
: John Hancock Center
location
: Chicago, ABD
building
function
: Mixed-use (residential, office)
architectural
height
: 344 m
number
of
storeys
: 100
status
: Completed
completion
: 1969
architect
: Bruce Graham (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - SOM)
structural
engineer
: Fazlur Rahman Khan (SOM)
structural
system
: Trussed-tube system/steel
(photos courtesy of Marshall Gerometta/CTBUH)
John Hancock Center: architectural and structural information
The 100-storey, 344 m high John Hancock Center in Chicago (USA) was designed by
Bruce Graham (SOM) and Fazlur Rahman Khan (SOM). It is a steel building with a
trussed-tube system. The innovation of utilising the trussed-tube (braced-tube) system
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