Sears tower is an attractive and modern office with a floor area of 418 64 square meters of which are rentable 353 961 m.
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The stepback geometry of the 110 story tower was developed in response to the interior space requirements of sears roebuck and company.
At 1 454 feet and 110 stories tall the willis tower formerly known as sears tower was the world s tallest building from its construction in 1974 until 1998.
It was also the tallest building in the western hemisphere for 41 years until the new one world.
The configuration incorporates the unusually large office floors necessary to sears operation along with a variety of smaller floors.
Built for sears roebuck and company the structure reaches 110 floors and a height of 1 450 feet 442 metres.
The stepped back profile reminiscent of skyscrapers of the 1920s is a solution to the engineering challenge of supporting such a tall tower.
It was the first skyscraper in the world to incorporate this type of lifts.
The new plans break this barrier blending the building into the city it calls home and re energizing the downtown area.
At completion in 1973 it surpassed the world trade center in new york city to become the tallest building in the world a title that it held for nearly 25 years.
The willis tower formerly and informally.
Designed in the 1960s willis tower like its contemporaries was built atop a base to separate the urban streetscape from the building and to minimize the number of people walking along the sidewalk.
Sears tower commentary the sears tower was the world s tallest building.