John Hancock Center, Chicago Tower Building, Architect, Project, Height, Design, Date

John Hancock Center Chicago : Skyscraper Building

Key Development in Chicago - design by SOM

John Hancock Center 875 North Michigan Avenue, Gold Coast, Chicago, Illinois 1969/70 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - SOM: Bruce Graham (architect) with Fazhur R. Khan (engineer) photo : Royce Douglas John Hancock Center Chicago 100 storeys Building height: 1,127ft / 344m high Building height including antennae: 1,506ft / 459m high Nickname : Big John Design : Fazlur Khan (structural engineer), Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Fourth tallest building in Chicago Key Elements: Hancock Observatory - observation deck on 94th floor at 1,020ft Restaurant on the 95th floor offices ; restaurants ; condominiums Tallest building in the world outside Manhattan when completed Highest apartments in the world The building contains America’s fastest elevators, travelling to the building’s "Observatory" on the 94th floor. Instead of taking the elevator, visitors can also take the stairway from the main lobby to the "Observatory". It has a total of 1,632 steps. Developer : John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company John Hancock Center Chicago architects : SOM

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