The
John Hancock Center is a 100-
story, 1,127-foot (344 m) supertall
skyscraper at 875 North
Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was constructed under the supervision of
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, with chief designer
Bruce Graham and structural engineer
Fazlur Khan. When the building topped out on May 6, 1968, it was the tallest building in the world outside
New York City. It is currently the
fourth-tallest building in Chicago and the
seventh-tallest in the United States, after
One World Trade Center, the
Willis Tower, the
Trump Tower Chicago, the
Empire State Building, the
Bank of America Tower, and the
Aon Center. When measured to the top of its
antenna masts, it stands at . The building is home to offices and restaurants, as well as about 700
condominiums, and contains the third highest residence in the world, after the
Trump Tower in Chicago and the
Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The building was named for
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, a developer and original tenant of the building, and has the nickname "Big John".