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Apr 3, 2017 · Love the look of skyscrapers in iconic city skylines? Thank architect and structural engineering pioneer Fazlur Rahman Khan.
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. Considered the Father of tubular designs for high-rises, Khan became an icon in both architecture and structural engineering.
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.
The years of Fazlur Khan’s career, from the late 1950s to the early 1980s, saw significant changes in building design. And whether it was the implementation of computer technology, advances in structural materials, or the understanding of wind and its effects, Khan had a central role in the progress achieved in his field.
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 known as the Willis...
Apr 3, 2017 · Fazlur Rahman Khan (Wikipedia) Today’s Google Doodle celebrates what would have been the 88th birthday of Fazlur Rahman Khan, the architect known as “the Einstein of structural...
Apr 3, 2017 · Fazlur Rahman Khan was born in 1929 in what is now Dhaka in central Bangladesh, but was then British India. After studying Civil Engineering he won a scholarship to travel to the United...
