Willis Tower: Media

building, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Videos

Examine the architectural design of Chicago's Willis Tower, inspired by a pack of cigarettes
Learn about Chicago's Willis Tower, including how a pack of cigarettes inspired its...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
What is the history of Sears, Roebuck and Company and Willis (Sears) Tower in Chicago?
Learn about the history of Sears, Roebuck and Company and Willis (Sears) Tower, Chicago.
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Discover wind-resistant architectural designs in Chicago, including the bundled tube system used in Willis Tower
Learn about wind-resistant architectural designs in Chicago, notably the bundled...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
See how electricians change the colored roof lenses of Willis Tower
Learn about how various colored lenses are used to light the antennas atop Willis...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

Willis Tower, Chicago
The exterior of Willis Tower, Chicago, is sheathed in black aluminum and bronze-tinted...
© Urbanhearts/Fotolia
Willis Tower: the Ledge
The Ledge at Willis Tower, Chicago.
Willis Tower
The Willis Tower, Chicago, engineered by Fazlur R. Khan, 1973; photograph 1982.
Milt and Joan Mann/Cameramann International
Willis Tower
Before the Sears (now Willis) Tower (right) was built in the early 1970s, many people...
© 2007 Index Open
Sears Tower
Sears Tower (later Willis Tower).
© Comstock—Stockbyte/Getty Images
Willis Tower
Once the world's tallest building, the Willis Tower (1974; formerly the Sears Tower),...
© Bruce Walters
The Sears Tower (centre) and other buildings of the western downtown area of Chicago,...
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