The Story of the Sears Tower | All Things Architecture Series
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2022
- In the late 1960s, Sears was the largest retailer in America. Their forward-looking attitude brought about rapid expansion and an optimistic view of the future. To demonstrate their innovative spirit, they commissioned structural engineer Dr. Fazlur Kahn and architect Bruce Graham from SOM to design a modern skyscraper. The story of how Fazlur and Bruce came up with the design for the iconic Sears Tower is that of legend. Join me for that fascinating story, including how a pack of cigarettes inspired the design of one of the most iconic and innovative skyscrapers in the world.
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From someone who lives in the Chicago suburbs for 21 years. No matter what the name is, it will always and will be known as Sears Tower!
Nothing else!
I completely agree, that’s why I didn’t even mention it’s current name in the video, because it’ll always be Sears Tower to me too.
@@AllThingsArchitectureCulturally when something is known for a long time and names change.
We stick to it because it’s what we think is familiar!
My advice as a Chicago area resident, I’d highly recommend you blend in as a local and refer to places by there respective names.
ALWAYS!!!
I love Chicago! Being from Nashville, Chicago was our closest big city. My personal favorite skyscraper in Chicago is the John Hancock Center where Chris Farley once lived.
Nashville is already a big city
My uncle, Bruce Graham, told me about the cigarette pack concept. He was committed to the optimism of modernism that died with the cynicism of post-modernism.
My family visited Chicago back in the mid 1970s. We made it a point to see the Sears Tower. While on the observation deck, I did a hand stand. I wounder if I had been the only one to walk on my hands on the Sears tower obervation deck.
That’s a cool memory. You probably are. I think a lot of people would get vertigo being upside down on the top floor of one of the tallest buildings in the world.
SEARS FOREVER
Our large-scale engineer from Bangladesh has built this building
Finally, a good use for cigarettes.
I would have left the SEARS on the top . This being on e of the company's that made America.Made it possible for rural Americans to live better. You could buy anything form them. Taka a look at the old catalog.
Como mola 😊
I love the Sears tower. My favorite skyscraper. And it is still the tallest building in the USA. Just looking at the buildings themselves the Sears tower is 87 feet taller than the new trade center in NYC. The trade center has a huge 408 foot tower on top. The tower was originally supposed to be a "spire", which for some reason counts when computing height. But they ran out of money and never built a spire. Instead they built a tower, which does not count in computing height. . But I feel that the committee which decides the height of a building caved into sympathy about 911 and probably some political pressure and said that the tower would count as a spire. So, just like that, you have a building that is 1,776 feet tall, when the real height is actually 1,368 feet tall.
Not fair at all. And....Now with the skinny super tall condo towers built for billionares in NYC, the trade center is not even the tallest building in NYC.
You would think that any fool could look at the new world trade center and realize that it does not look to be over 400 feet taller than the twin towers. But there you have it