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Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bengali: ফজলুর রহমান খান, Fazlur Rôhman Khan; 3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrapers.
Apr 3, 2017 · Fazlur Rahman Khan: The Man Behind Every Modern Skyscraper. Love the look of skyscrapers in iconic city skylines? Thank architect and structural engineering pioneer Fazlur Rahman Khan.
Nov 24, 2023 · Fazlur Rahman Khan died in 1982 of a heart attack. He was only 52-years-old. When he died, he was still the engineer of the world’s tallest building: the Sears Tower, also in Chicago...
Fazlur R. Khan (born April 3, 1929, Dacca, India [now Dhaka, Bangladesh]—died March 27, 1982, Jiddah, Saudi Arabia) was a Bangladeshi American civil engineer known for his innovations in high-rise building construction. He is regarded as the "father of tubular designs" for high-rise buildings.
Aug 18, 2016 · Khan was the lead structural engineer on two of the tallest skyscrapers of the 1970s, both found in Chicago: the John Hancock Center (1969) and the Sears Tower (1973, now...
Fazlur Khan’s earliest developments — the shear wall frame interaction system, the framed-tube structure, and the tube-in-tube structure —led to considerable improvement in structural efficiency, thereby making the construction of tall buildings economically feasible.
Fazlur Rahman Khan (April 3, 1929 - March 27, 1982) was a Bangladeshi structural engineer and architect, who initiated structural systems that form the basis of tall building construction today.
