| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Chicago, Illinois, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1972-1974 (creation); 1990-1992 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Stone, Edward Durell | en_US |
| dc.creator | Perkins & Will | en_US |
| dc.date | 1972-1974 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-08T16:03:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-08T16:03:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1972-1974 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 215059 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 219 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/122407 | |
| dc.description | View of the plaza on the south side and building base; The second tallest tower in Chicago, the Standard Oil Building is a stand-out due to its monumental proportions and gleaming white facade. Measuring 194 feet square in plan and boasting generous 30,000 square-foot floor plates, the tower was originally clad in Italian Carrara marble, and later (1990-1992) replaced with 44,000 pieces of 2-inch thick granite. The building employs a tubular steel-framed structural system with V-shaped perimeter columns to resist earthquakes, reduce sway, minimize column bending, and maximize column-free space. To further expand rentable area, 40 of the building's 50 elevators are double-deckers, an often preferred solution to ensure efficient vertical circulation while reducing the space consumed by the central service core. The foundation features 56 caissons consisting of steel-encased vertical shafts filled with reinforced concrete and socketed several feet into solid bedrock more than 100 feet below ground. The caissons contain 50 million pounds of concrete and 2 million of steel. It was renamed as the Aon Center on December 30, 1999. Source: The Skyscraper Museum [website]; http://www.skyscraper.org/ (accessed 12/9/2007) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Mount Airy white granite | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | business, commerce and trade | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.title | Aon Center | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Standard Oil Building | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Amoco Building | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-SE-SO-A6 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | office building | en_US |
| vra.worktype | skyscraper | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | Edward Durell Stone (American architect, 1902-1978); Perkins & Will (American architectural firm, 1946-1964) | en_US |
