What was the Sears Tower designed after?

Answer 1

Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower on July 16, 2009. There are a number of good sites with brief histories of the tower. For example: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/sears_tower.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Tower You may also want to borrow a copy of this History Channel documentary from your library (or request that they borrow it from another library): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156626508?sloc=Illinois Hope these are helpful! --Bill Pardue Arlington Heights Memorial Library http://www.ahml.info Librarians--Ask Us, We Answer!

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Answer 2

Because it was commissioned to be built by Sears, Roebuck and Company. It is currently owned by a group of real estate investors and is now officially named Willis Tower because the Willis Insurance Group is the largest tenant.
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Answer 3

The idea may have first been suggested by Frank Lloyd Wright, but it was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill. Bruce Graham was the lead architect and Fazlur Khan the structural engineer. The Sears Tower was renamed Willis Tower on 16 July, 2009.

Answer 4

Sears had it built to consolidate its company's offices into one building, but the building stood half empty and the planed growth projections they had made when building never came.

Sears eventually moved out selling it to AEW Capital Management, in the mid 1990s. Sears' naming rights expired in 2003.

In 2009 Willis Tower became the new name.

Answer 5

OMG the Sears tower was built on May 3 1973 i am from panama and i knoww more about you??? that's impossible.