| Two Prudential Plaza | |
 Two Prudential Plaza with One Prudential Plaza on the left | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Location | 180 N. Stetson Avenue Chicago, Illinois |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 1990 |
| Height | |
| Antenna/Spire | 995 ft (303 m) |
| Floor count | 64 |
| Companies | |
| Architect | Loebl, Schlossman & Hackl Stephen T. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Wright |
| Structural Engineer | CBM Engineers Inc. |
| Contractor | Turner Construction Company |
Two Prudential Plaza is a skyscraper that was built in Chicago in 1990. CBM Engineers Inc is a Structural engineering design consultancy firm based in Houston Texas USA with branches in Dubai and Mumbai. Turner Construction Company is one of the largest Construction management companies in the United States with a construction volume of $8 Prudential Financial, Inc ( is a Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide Insurance, Investment management, and A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) At 995 feet (303 m) tall, it is the fifth-tallest building in Chicago and the eleventh tallest in the United States. This list of tallest buildings in the United States ranks Skyscrapers in the United States based on official height The building was designed by the firm Loebl, Schlossman & Hackl, with Stephen T. Wright as the principal in charge of design. It has also been honored with 8 awards, including winning the Best Structure Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois in 1995. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 [1]
At the time of completion Two Prudential was the world's second tallest reinforced concrete building. Its distinctive shape features stacked chevron setbacks on the north and south sides, a pyramidal peak rotated 45°, and a 80 foot (24 m) spire. A setback, sometimes called step-back is a step-like recession in a Wall.
The building is attached to One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building). One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 44 story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the Headquarters for Without its spire, "2 Pru" (as it is sometimes called) barely passes the height of One Prudential Plaza's antennae. [2]
Two Prudential Plaza, along with its sister property One Prudential Plaza, was sold in May 2006 for $470 million to BentleyForbes, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm run by C. Frederick Wehba and his son C. Frederick Wehba II.
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See also
- List of buildings
- List of skyscrapers
- List of tallest buildings in Chicago
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- World's tallest structures
Position in Chicago's skyline
Sources
- "Too prudent Two Pru design is functional but uninspired," Chicago Tribune, December 23, 1990, p. This is a list of Buildings and Nonbuilding structures. By type List of abbeys and priories List These are lists of Skyscrapers, ranked by structural height (vertical elevation from the base to the highest architectural or integral structural element of the This list of tallest buildings in Chicago ranks Skyscrapers by height in the U This list of tallest buildings in the United States ranks Skyscrapers in the United States based on official height While determining the world's tallest structure has generally been straightforward the definition of the world's tallest building or the Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) 3.
- "C. Frederick Wehba," BentleyForbes Official Site
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