The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area...
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Willis Towers Watson plc, branded as WTW and stylised in its logo as wtw, is a British-American multinational company providing insurance services. The...
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Burj Khalifa (redirect from Dubai tower)
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM), which also designed the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) in Chicago and the One World Trade Center in New York City...
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Willis Group Holdings plc was a multinational risk advisor, insurance brokerage and reinsurance brokerage company with its headquarters in the Willis...
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9 meters (30 feet) higher than the flat roof of Willis, the Petronas Towers are not taller than Willis. At their convention in Chicago, the Council on...
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Skyscraper (redirect from Office tower)
World Trade Center tower became the world's tallest building in 1972. However, it was overtaken by the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago within...
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Petronas Towers, with their spires, are thus ranked higher than the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) with its antennas, despite the Petronas Towers' lower...
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— the tower's first fire. Moreover, other supertall structures built between 1967 and 1976 — such as the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), the...
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One World Trade Center (redirect from Freedom tower)
original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013. "Tallest building ruling: Willis Tower loses to One World Trade Center". Chicago Tribune. November 12, 2013...
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List of tallest structures (redirect from Pinnacle Towers Fountain Tower)
self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity transmission towers, and bridge support towers. This...
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Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. United operates an extensive domestic and international...
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on May 8, 2020. When completed, the tower will be the second-tallest building in Chicago, after the Willis Tower, and one of the tallest buildings in...
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St. Regis Chicago (redirect from Vista Tower (Chicago))
third-tallest building at 1,198 ft (365 m), behind the Willis Tower and Trump Hotel and Tower, and surpassing the Aon Center. It is the tallest structure...
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1 World Trade Center (1971–2001) (redirect from World Trade Center/North Tower)
Sears Tower (now Willis Tower) in Chicago. It was distinguishable from its twin, the original 2 World Trade Center, also known as the South Tower, by the...
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Blair (January 3, 2009). "Trump Tower spire topped out; installation brings tower's peak 90 feet short of Willis Tower". Chicago Tribune. Archived from...
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John Hancock Center (redirect from John hancock towers)
while all other full-power television stations in Chicago broadcast from Willis Tower. The City Colleges of Chicago's WYCC (channel 20) transmitted from the...
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World Trade Center (1973–2001) (redirect from World Trade Twin Tower)
addition, the highest point of the North Tower reached 1,730 feet (530 m). Chicago's Willis Tower, then called Sears Tower which was finished in May 1973, reached...
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110-story Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. Sears Tower was the tallest...
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Central Park Tower, 432 Park Avenue, 111 West 57th Street, and Chicago's Willis Tower, which was formerly and is still commonly known as Sears Tower. Tribune...
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711927389 The Petronas Towers (Malay: Menara Berkembar Petronas), also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an interlinked...
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List of tallest buildings in New York City (redirect from Affirmation Tower)
were both surpassed by construction of the 110-story Willis Tower in Chicago in 1973. The Twin Towers remained the tallest buildings in New York City until...
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Chicago, including the John Hancock Center (completed 1970) and Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower), which became the world's tallest structure upon its completion...
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poorly received. Willis retired from acting in 2022 due to aphasia. He was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in 2023. As a singer, Willis released his...
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The Willis Building is a commercial skyscraper in London named after the primary tenant, Willis Group. It is located on Lime Street in the City of London...
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Aon Center (Chicago) (redirect from Aon Tower)
fourth-tallest building in Chicago, surpassed in height by Willis Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and St Regis Chicago. The building is managed by...
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high twin tower complex in Seoul, South Korea, in the 2012 disaster film The Tower. As stated in the film, Tower A was called Riverview, and Tower B was called...
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computer-aided design (CAD). He was the designer of the Sears Tower, since renamed Willis Tower, the tallest building in the world from 1973 until 1998, and...
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most notable buildings are the Inland Steel Building, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), and the John Hancock Center. He was also responsible for...
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roof; the STLs link to WMAQ and WSNS's transmitter facilities atop the Willis Tower. WMAQ radio/WSCR studios and STL were located in the building until 2006...
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York City was the world's tallest building from 1971 to 1973, until the Willis Tower in Chicago (which already had a higher occupied floor than the World...
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