Heller International Building

Heller International Building

Infobox skyscraper
building_name= Heller International Building
location= 500 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States
roof= 600 ft (183 m)
floor_count= 45
use= Office
status = Completed
construction_period= 1990 - 1992 [cite web|url=http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1078/Heller_International_Building.php|title=Heller International Building|accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=Chicago Architecture, Artefaqs Corporation]
opening= 1992
architect= Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
developer= Tishman Speyer Properties

The Heller International Building is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The building rises 600 feet (183 m) in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood.cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=hellerinternationalbuilding-chicago-il-usa|title=Heller International Building|accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=Emporis.com] It contains 45 floors, and was completed in 1992. [cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5421|title=Heller International Building|accessdate=2007-12-23|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com] The Heller International Building currently stands as the 35th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the same firm who designed Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center and the Burj Dubai in Dubai.

The Heller International Building currently stands as the tallest building in Chicago situated west of the Chicago River. One year after its completion, in 1993, the building won the "Best Structure Award" from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. The building's design incorporated a unique turret-like structure on the structure's southeastern corner. The turrent stands as the building's highest architectural point, and is illuminated in white lights at night.

ee also

* List of tallest buildings in Chicago
* Chicago architecture

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