Engineer

Fazlur Rahman Khan

1929-1982 · Bangladeshi, American · 1 places

Structural engineer at SOM whose innovations, the bundled tube, the framed tube, the trussed tube, revolutionized skyscraper design. Khan's engineering for the John Hancock Center and Willis Tower made supertall buildings economically…

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