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- The company that built the Hancock Tower and two earlier, similarly-named buildings is known loosely as "John Hancock Insurance", or simply "John Hancock".
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston. PCF&P Services. Architecture, exterior envelope, interior design of public spaces and executive offices.
- Its most identifiable skyscrapers, the Prudential Center and John Hancock Tower, are highlights of the city skyline.
- The John Hancock Tower has been the recipient of many prestigious prizes: In 1977, the John Hancock Tower was bestowed with the AIA’s National Honor Award.
- From the late 1930s into 1980 Ezra Stoller was Americas preeminent architectural photographer and still today his photographs define mid-century modernism.
- The glass John Hancock Tower was built in 1976 as Boston’s tallest building. The modern building designed by I.M...
- Because of the John Hancock Tower’s lakeside location, caissons had to be sunk into 10 ft wide holes drilled 190 ft into bedrock.
- The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP of Chicago, designers of the John Hancock Center and the Sears Tower.
- The John Hancock Tower had many failures over a period of time, however it’s most well-known failure is that of the falling windows.
- John Hancock Tower, now known as 200 Clarendon Street, is a 60-story, 790-foot (240 m) skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston.
John Hancock Tower
Genel bilgiler
200 Clarendon Street, eskiden John Hancock Tower, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin Boston kentinde bulunan bir gökdelendir. Bina, 1968-1976 yılları arasında inşa edilmiştir. 240.8 metre yüksekliğinde ve 60 katlı olup Boston'un en yüksek binasıdır.
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Kısa bilgiler
- Yükseklik:240 m
- Tamamlanma tarihi:1976
- Yüzölçümü:0,000191 km²