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Skyscraper

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: skyscraper
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Classification Terms:
           architecture
           Modern art
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Titles or Names Text: Willis Tower
    Preference: preferred
        Date: renamed 16 July 2009
        Earliest:
2009 Latest: 9999
Text: Sears Tower
    Preference: alternate Type: former
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Creation Creator Description: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (American, established 1939), for Sears Roebuck and Company (American retail company, founded 1886) Free text
  Identity: Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Role: architectural firm

Identity: Graham, Bruce
Role: architect

Identity: Sears Roebuck and Company
Role: client
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  Creation Date: completed in 1973
Earliest: 1973 Latest: 1973
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 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) Free text
  Dimensions Extent: top of roof
Value: 442 Unit: m Type: height

Dimensions Extent: highest occupied floor
Value: 436 Unit: cm Type: width

Dimensions Extent: stories
Value: 110 Type: count

Dimensions Extent: interior space
Value: 418064 Unit: square m Type: area
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Materials and Techniques Description: steel frame, clad in bronze-tinted glass and stainless aluminum Free text
  Material Names:  
         steel  
         glass  
         aluminum
Technique Names:  
         steel frame  
         glass curtain wall
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         architecture
         commerce
         office space
         corporate headquarters
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Descriptive Note Text: 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. Free text
  Citation: Sears Tower, 110 Storeys of the Big Store, online
Page: accessed 24 February 2006

Citation: BBC News, Chicago's Sears Tower is Renamed, online
Page: accessed 16 July 2009
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: 233 South Wacker Drive (Chicago, Illinois, United States) Authority
Ownership/ Collecting History Role: occupant
Owner/Agent:
Willis Group Holdings (British insurance brokerage firm, founded 1828)
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Revised 16 July 2009