Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bengali: ফজলুর রহমান খান Fozlur Rôhman Khan) (April 3, 1929 - March 27, 1982), born in Dhaka, Bengal (now Bangladesh), was a Bangladeshi-American architect and structural engineer. He did the structural engineering" of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) and John Hancock Center. He is a central figure behind the "Second Chicago School" of architecture, and is regarded as the "father of tubular design for high-rises". Khan,...
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Fazlur Rahman Khan (Bengali: ফজলুর রহমান খান Fozlur Rôhman Khan) (April 3, 1929 - March 27, 1982), born in Dhaka, Bengal (now Bangladesh), was a Bangladeshi-American architect and structural engineer. He did the structural engineering" of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) and John Hancock Center. He is a central figure behind the "Second Chicago School" of architecture, and is regarded as the "father of tubular design for high-rises". Khan, "more than any other individual, ushered in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half of the twentieth century."
Fazlur Rahman Khan is from the village of Bhandarikandi in Shibchar Upazila, Madaripur District, Dhaka Division. He was born on 3 April 1929, in Dhaka. His father, Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan, BES was ADPI of Bengal and after retirement served as Principal of Jagannath College, Dhaka.
Khan completed his undergraduate coursework at the Presidency College, Bengal Engineering College, University of Calcutta ...
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