Fazlur Rahman Khan

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Fazlur Rahman Khan was a pioneering structural engineer and architect renowned for revolutionizing skyscraper design through innovative tubular structural systems.


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instanceOf Bangladeshi-American person
architect
civil engineer
pioneer of skyscraper design
structural engineer
awardReceived AIA Institute Honor Award (project-related)
American Society of Civil Engineers awards
birthDate 1929-04-03
birthPlace Bengal Presidency
British India
Dhaka
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship Pakistan
United States of America
deathDate 1982-03-27
degree Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Master’s degree in structural engineering
PhD in structural engineering
designed structural system of the Brunswick Building
structural system of the John Hancock Center
structural system of the Onterie Center
structural system of the Sears Tower
developed bundled tube structural system
framed tube structural system
outrigger structural system applications for tall buildings
tube-in-tube structural system
educatedAt Ahsanullah Engineering College
University of Dhaka
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
employer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
ethnicGroup Bengali
familyName Khan
fieldOfWork architecture
skyscraper design
structural engineering
fullName Fazlur Rahman Khan
givenName Fazlur
hasWork papers on tall building structural systems
influenced late 20th-century high-rise architecture
modern skyscraper engineering
knownAs Fazlur Khan
Fazlur R. Khan
notableFor development of tubular structural systems for skyscrapers
revolutionizing high-rise building design
structural design of the John Hancock Center
structural design of the Sears Tower
placeOfDeath Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
residence Chicago
workLocation Chicago


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