Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, headquartered in Chicago, also designed the Willis. Then known as the Sears Tower, it was completed in 1973 and remained the tallest building in the world until 1996 ...

the Willis Tower now ranks 11th among the tallest buildings in the world. With a slew of giant buildings currently under construction in places like New York, Saudi Arabia and China, it won't be ...

Chicago's Willis Tower was pushed out of the top ten for the world's tallest buildings. This is the first time since its completion in 1974 that the 422-meter Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Willis Tower on Tuesday lost the title of the tallest building in the United States to the new World Trade center in New York. Technically, the torch won't be passed until next ...

Enjoy it while you can. Chicago's Willis Tower will soon lose its designation as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, but the building gets to hold the title for at least one more day.

It's official: New York City's One World Trade Center is now the nation's tallest building, wresting the title from Chicago's Willis Tower, which claimed the top spot for 40 years. It also ...

Willis Tower, downtown’s 1,450 ft ... might be as jarring as the fact that the Willis — the world’s tallest building as recently as 1998 — is soon to be “only” the eighth tallest ...

Wood said One World Trade Center would only become the nation’s tallest building next year when it is at least partially occupied. The decision will end Willis Tower’s reign of roughly 40 ...

It’s 1,776 feet tall Including its 18-piece spire, One World Trade Center stands at 1,776 feet, a direct reference to 1776, ...

The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa ... Two-bedrooms start at $6.5 million. The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) is 108 stories, but its Skydeck Observatory is on the ...