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| ID: 700000053 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000053 | Record Type: Built Work |
| Images: 1 2 | |
| Willis Tower (skyscraper; Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, for Sears Roebuck and Company;...; completed in 1973; Chicago (Cook, Illinois, United States, North and Central Am...) | |
| Note: "bundled-tube" configuration was innovated by engineer Fazlur R. Khan from SOM, nine tubes form the skyscraper's basic structure; overlooks the west side of Chicago's downtown Loop. In 2009, the London-based insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings secured the naming rights as part of an agreement to lease space. Located in: Chicago, Illinois, United States | |
| Titles: |
| Willis Tower (preferred,C,U,D,LC,English-P,U,N) |
| Sears Tower (H,U,FO,English,,N) |
| 威利斯大廈 (C,U,Chinese,U,U) |
| 윌리스 타워 (C,U,Korean,U,U) |
| برج ويليس (C,U,Arabic,U,U) |
| Уиллис-тауэр (C,U,Russian,U,U) |
| מגדל ויליס (C,U,Hebrew,U,U) |
| Catalog Level: item |
| skyscraper [300004809] (preferred) |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: height>, multistory buildings, high-rise buildings) |
| office building [300007043] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) |
| architecture (preferred) |
| Modern art |
| Creation Date: completed in 1973 |
| Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, for Sears Roebuck and Company; design: Fazlur Rahman Kahn; Bruce Graham; roofing by Rheinzink GmbH [preferred,VP,BWR] |
| architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, established 1939) [500045910] |
| architect Graham, Bruce (American architect, 1925-2010) Extent: design [500074517] |
| client Sears, Roebuck and Company (American corporation, incorporated 1906) [500231103] |
| manufacturer Rheinzink GmbH (German manufacturer, contemporary) [500514455] |
| engineer Kahn, Fazlur Rahman (American engineer, 1929-1982) [500242990] |
| Locations: |
| Current: Chicago [7013596] Cook county (county), Illinois (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
| Address Note: 233 South Wacker Drive (Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
| Display Materials: steel frame, clad in bronze-tinted glass and stainless aluminum |
| steel (alloy) [300133751] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy) |
| glass (material) [300010797] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material) |
| aluminum (metal) [300011015] | |
| .......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <aluminum and aluminum alloys>) |
| steel frame construction [300015341] | |
| .......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>) |
| curtain walls (nonbearing walls) [300002563] | |
| .......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by function>, nonbearing walls) |
| Dimensions: height to the top of the roof: 442 m (1,450 feet); height to the highest occupied floor 436 m (1,431 feet); 110 stories; 418,064 square m of office and commercial space (4.5 million square feet) |
| architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined) |
| office building [300007043] | |
| .....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>) (AAT) |
| List/Hierarchical Position: |
 ..... Built Works |
| .......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings |
| Sources and Contributors: | |
| Willis Tower | ........ [VP,BWR] |
| ........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Willis Tower," accessed 15 September 2010 | |
| ........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 94007667, accessed 15 September 2010 | |
| ........ Sears Tower is Renamed, BBC News Online (2009) | |
| ........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3725534 | |
| Sears Tower | ........ [BWR,VP] |
| ........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3780734 | |
| ........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
| 威利斯大廈 | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%8B%E8%90%8A%E9%9B%86%E5%9C%98%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%88 | |
| 윌리스 타워 | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%ED%83%80%EC%9B%8C | |
| برج ويليس | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3 | |
| Уиллис-тауэр | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81-%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%80 | |
| מגדל ויליס | ........ [VP] |
| ........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%93%D7%9C_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1 | |
| Subject: ....... [VP,BWR] |
| ....................... BWR-14 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) |
| ....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-) 679057 |
| ....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3780734; BWR3725534 |
| ....................... BWR-03 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) |
| ....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3780734; 3725534 |
| ....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 51870; 64303 |
| ....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U859471 |
| Note: | |
| English | ..... [VP] |
| ..... Sears Tower is Renamed, BBC News Online (2009) | |
| ..... BWR database (2010-) | |
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