Boeing International Headquarters

Boeing International Headquarters
General information
Location	100 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°53′2.8″N 87°38′19.5″W / 41.884111°N 87.63875°W / 41.884111; -87.63875Coordinates: 41°53′2.8″N 87°38′19.5″W / 41.884111°N 87.63875°W / 41.884111; -87.63875
Construction started	1988
Completed	1990
Cost	$170,000,000
Height
Roof	561 feet (171 m)
Technical details
Floor count	36
Floor area	770,300 square feet (71,600 m2)
Design and construction
Owner	Boeing
Architect	Perkins and Will
References
[1]

The Boeing International Headquarters (colloquially known as the Boeing Building and formerly known as the Morton International Building) is a 36-floor skyscraper located in the Near West Side of Chicago. The building has been made the corporate headquarters for Boeing, which decided in 2001 to move to Chicago from Seattle.^[2] 100 North Riverside Plaza is poised on the west side of the Chicago River directly across from the downtown Loop. The building responds to the clearance requirements of the site's commuter rail lines with a structural system that uses steel trusses to support its suspended southwest corner. It won the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois' "Most Innovative" Design Award.^{[citation needed]} The building was originally constructed for the Morton Salt Company,^[3] and has also housed offices of Ameritech.^{[citation needed]} Navteq moved their headquarters to The Boeing Building in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

See also

Chicago portal

• Chicago architecture
• 50 Tallest buildings in the U.S.
• List of tallest buildings in Chicago
• List of towers
• World's tallest structures

References

1. ^ "The Boeing Corporate Headquarters". http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1051/The_Boeing_Corporate_Headquarters.php. Retrieved 2009-11-26. 
2. ^ Wallace, James. "Boeing picks Chicago; will move by Sept. 4." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Thursday May 10, 2001. Retrieved on May 13, 2009.
3. ^ "Boeing's First Day in New Era Goes Largely Unnoticed in Seattle, Chicago." The Seattle Times. September 5, 2001. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.

External links

• Boeing official website
• Emporis listing