ID: 700000053 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000053	Record Type: Built Work
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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

Work Types:

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>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Modern art

Creation Date: completed in 1973

Creator Display:

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] (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)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	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-)