Willis tower
The Willis ________ is the tallest tower in the _________ hemisphere, standing at _____ ft and 110
stories high. The Willis Tower was formerly known as the Sears Towers, is the headquarters of Willis
North___________ Midwest Region. Willis currently occupies more than ______ sq ft and ________
floors of the buildings.
The Willis Tower was __________by the architectural firm________, Owings & Merrill for Sears,
Roebuck & Company. The building was completed in 1973 and has become on of the most
recognizable ___________ in the Chicago Skyline. The _______ Tower was renamed from the
________ Tower in July 2009 as the company consolidated _______ local offices and brought
together some 500 Associates.
_____ bands appear on the tower around the 29th–32nd, 64th–65th, 88th–89th, and 104th–108th
floors. These are louvres which allow ___________ for service equipment and obscure the
structure's belt trusses.
In August 1999 French urban climber Alain "__________" Robert, using only his bare hands and feet,
scaled the building's exterior glass and steel wall all the way to the top. A thick fog settled in near
the end of his climb, making the last 20 floors of the
building's glass and steel slippery
A triumph of ingenuity and innovation, Willis Tower stands tall on the Chicago skyline.
With comprehensive security networks and a wide range of top-quality amenities, Willis Tower is
an ideal location for business.
Standing at 1,450 feet and 110 stories high, Willis Tower is the tallest building in the western
hemisphere.
Offering more than 3.8 million square feet of office and retail space, Willis Tower, where there is
a lot more than meets the skyline
Amenities
Willis Tower offers a comprehensive suite of amenities which includes seven restaurants, such
as Starbucks, Corner Bakery, French Accent, Market Creations, Dunkin Donuts, The Met Club
Cafe, Venice Cafe and Salseria Grill & Cantina. The private members-only Metropolitan Club
offers one of Chicago’s finest business dining and meeting facilities.
It is located on the 66th and 67th floors with spectacular views of the city. The Metropolitan Club
offers four dining alternatives as well as seventeen private dining rooms available for special
functions accommodating up to 1,000 people. Other convenient services include full-service
banking and ATM facilities; 160-space executive parking garage with car detailing services, a
fitness centre hair salon, newsstand, florist, bookstore, copy store, dentist and chiropractor. In
addition, U.S. Post Office, FedEx, DHL, UPS drop boxes and building messenger services are
also available.
Construction:
The Willis
is a 110-story building which was
in the early 1973. This contains of
steel columns and beams in a “mega-module” system. The building contains of approximately 3.8 million
rentable square feet. When completed on May 3rd in
the Willis Tower rose to a height of
feet and is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the Chicago skyline and in the world. This building held
the
for the world’s tallest building for
until the PETRONAS Towers in Kuala Lampur,
Malaysia were built in 1998. In 1982 they added antennas to the building which
its total height to
1,704 feet. In 2000, one of the building’s antennas was extended to 1,729 feet, making it the
tallest building to the top of its antenna. The
held this title until early 2009 when
topped out at over 2,600 feet, making it the tallest
structure ever built.
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