sevfiv Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Bruce J. Graham, the pioneering architect who designed the iconic Chicago skyscraper formerly named the Sears Tower, has died. He was 84.[...]Graham also designed Chicago's 100-story John Hancock Center. The black, X-marked structure on the city's Michigan Avenue was completed in 1970.http://www.legacy.com/NS/Obituary.aspx?pid=140527332 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porTENT Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 R.I.P. I'd always heard that his design inspiration for the Sears tower came about as he was tapping the backside of a pack of smokes and the cigarettes came out like a packet of staggered straws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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