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Identification Name US Bank Center Alternative name Firstar Center, First Wisconsin Center Emporis Building ID 122412
Location
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Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data Height (tip) * Height (architectural) 183.19 m Height (roof) * Floors (above ground) 42 Construction end * Gross floor area *
Structure in General Construction type skyscraper Current status  existing [completed] Structural system trussed tube Structural material steel Facade material aluminum Facade system curtain wall Architectural style international style
Usages Main usages  commercial office
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
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US Bank Center is one of the engineering marvels of Fazlur Khan, the famous structural engineer of the John Hancock Center and Sears Tower. |
The structural system consists of a framed tube with belt trusses at three levels, similar to a system developed for 140 William Street in Melbourne. |
This has been the tallest building in Milwaukee and in Wisconsin since its completion, surpassing Milwaukee City Hall by over 200 feet. |
The foundation uses 500 steel H-piles capable of holding 640 tons each; this capacity allowed the structure to circumvent a building code which required a 100-ton limit on each pile. |
The exterior is 66% glass, with a total of 5,000 windows. |
The exposed trusses on the tower are echoed by long trusses under the suspended lobby floor. |
The building's site slopes 15 feet from Michigan Street up to Wisconsin Avenue. |
The building was designed with the possibility of connecting future additions at the lobby level. |
The lobby is an enormous skylit galleria with two-story windows and liberally planted Indian laurel fig trees. |
The building was built for the First Wisconsin National Bank, which moved in from the First National Bank Building a few blocks to the northwest. |
The building won a Distinguished Building Award in 1974 from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects. |
The building's podium spans East Michigan Street, connecting to a large parking structure on the adjacent block to the south. |
The  Hotel Martin formerly stood on the northwest corner of this site. |
Companies involved in this building
architect:
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Other companies:
Morse Diesel International, Inc., Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc., Hunzinger Construction Company, National Service & Engineering, Fitzhugh Scott, Cosentini Associates, Claude R. Engle, Lighting Consultant, US Bancorp, Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Associates, Inc., American Bridge Company, U.S. Steel Corporation, Broadcast Services, Inc. |
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