U.S. Bank Center (Milwaukee)
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U.S. Bank Center is a skyscraper located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, noted for being the tallest building in the state of Wisconsin, and the tallest building between Chicago and Minneapolis.[3][4][5] Standing 601 feet (183 m) and 42 stories tall, the building has a floor area of 1,077,607 sq ft (100,113.0 m2)[1] and it surpassed the Milwaukee City Hall as the tallest building in both the city and the state. Topped off August 29, 1972, and completed in 1973, it was the headquarters for what eventually became Firstar Corporation from 1973 to 2001. The building was designed by Colombian-Peruvian architect Bruce Graham with James DeStefano of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and engineered by Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan. As of 2017[update], the building is home to the headquarters of Foley & Lardner, Robert W. Baird & Company, Sensient Technologies Corporation, and is the Milwaukee office for U.S. Bank, IBM, and CBRE.
U.S. Bank Center | |
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Former names | First Wisconsin Center (1973-92) Firstar Center (1992-2002) |
General information | |
Type | Skyscraper |
Architectural style | International style |
Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Address | 777 East Wisconsin Avenue |
Coordinates | 43°2′17.66″N 87°54′8.13″W |
Current tenants | U.S. Bank |
Construction started | April 1971; 53 years ago (1971-04) |
Completed | September 4, 1973; 50 years ago (1973-09-04) |
Cost | $50 million |
Owner | U.S. Bancorp |
Height | 601 feet (183 m) |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Trussed tube |
Floor count | 42 |
Floor area | 1,077,607 sq ft (100,113.0 m2)[1] |
Lifts/elevators | 20 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Bruce Graham James DeStefano |
Architecture firm | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Structural engineer | Fazlur Rahman Khan |
Other designers | Fitzhugh Scott |
Main contractor | Morse Diesel International |
Other information | |
Public transit access | MCTS |
Website | |
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References | |
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