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The black tower looming over the Magnificent Mile can be considered a cousin to the Willis Tower, as both were created by the same design duo. 875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center)ġ,127 feet with 100 floors designed by SOM, completed 1969 The structure held the title of Chicago’s tallest skyscraper for just one year. This white granite, boxy skyscraper rises high in stark contrast to the steel-and-glass skyline surrounding it just north of Millenium Park. Aon Center (formerly Standard Oil Building)ġ,136 feet with 83 floors partnership between Edward Durell Stone and Perkins and Will, completed 1973 The tallest skyscraper designed by a woman-Jeanne Gang, a former professor at Illinois Tech’s College of Architecture-the building features three rising towers with an unmistakable wavy façade. Regis Chicago (formerly Wanda Vista)ġ,191 feet with 101 floors Studio Gang, completed 2020

Like Willis Tower, it was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The bright façade and easy curves of Trump Tower sits at a bend in the Chicago River. Trump International Hotel and Towerġ,388 feet with 98 floors SOM, completed 2009 The blocky, black aluminum-and-glass structure dominates the skyline as the former tallest building in the world, and remains the third-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Here’s a look at the 10 tallest buildings in Chicago: Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)ġ,451 feet with 108 floors Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), completed 1974 While the first skyscraper is long gone (the Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931), its mark on the Chicago skyline and Chicago architecture is unmistakable-and more buildings continue climbing above the shores of Lake Michigan. The new metal framed building sparked a highrise race between Chicago and New York that lasted more than a century-and set the stage for the lasting impact of Chicago architecture and its influence on American architecture, of which Illinois Tech’s College of Architecture has played a significant role in. The Second City’s skyscraper history goes back 140 years, with the first modern skyscraper rising 10 stories above the city’s downtown Loop neighborhood. The Chicago skyline is a beautiful smattering of 100-year-old granite highrises and towering glass behemoths-and everything in between.