Sears Tower

A true victory of innovation and ingenuity, the Sears Tower is a magnificent attraction that stands high on Chicago skyline. With its comprehensive security channels and a large gamut of high class facilities, the Sears Tower serves as the perfect location for businesses.

Standing high at 1450 feet and about 110 stories, the Sears Tower in Chicago is the largest building in entire North America along with being the third tallest construction in the whole world.

Offering over 3.8 million square feel of the retail and office space, the Sears Tower is a great business destination. The Tower has also become most iconic and visited skyscrapers in America thereby appearing in various books, television programs and movies since its construction in the year 1973.

The Sears Tower being a signature skyscraper has also surpassed the tall World Trade Center. This tower is even on among the five freestanding buildings in the whole world to exceed the 1640 ft in its height. Commissioned by the Sears, Roebuck and Company, the building was specially designed by the architect and structural designer Bruce Graham and Fazlur Khan respectively.

The Sears Tower includes 9 framed tubes that are basically 9 separate skyscrapers that are blended together into one single building. In its original form, the plan consisted of no less than about fifteen tubes but later when the Sears Tower hotel was at dusk, the idea was dropped to just 9 tubes to make the final design.

There are a total of 49 stories of the building. At this point, the two tubes come to an end and then the other stories rise up to the 65 floors. From 65th story to the 90th floor, this tower is featured with the design and shape of the crucifix. Two tubes create the rectangular design reach the complete length of the tower's 442 meters.

The Sears Tower, Chicago is truly a principal engineering triumph and the distinguished landmark of this contemporary age. With the human quest rising to reach mire high, the Sears Tower still continues to marvel and astound its guests.

Clad beautifully in the stainless aluminum and bronze tinted glass, rising with strong determination yet sophisticated from the very depths of the grand foundations to the ultimate tips of the massive spires, driving visitors on Chicago travel in daze, housing the workforce of hundreds, the Sears Tower highlights the era in Chicago of the opportunity and optimism that can never be forgotten.