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Facts
Official Name Trump International Hotel & Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country United States
State Illinois
City Chicago
Street Address / Map 401 North Wabash Avenue
Building Function residential / hotel
Structural Material concrete
Proposed 2001
Start of Construction 2005
Completion 2009
Global Ranking #12 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #2 tallest in North America
National Ranking #2 tallest in United States
City Ranking #2 tallest in Chicago
Official Website Trump Chicago
Figures
Height: Architectural 423.2 meter / 1389 feet
Height: Occupied 340.1 meter / 1116 feet
Height: To Tip 423.2 meter / 1389 feet
Floors Above Ground 98
Floors Below Ground 2
# of Elevators 27
Top Elevator Speed 8 m/s
Tower GFA 241,548 m² / 2,600,001 ft²
Companies Involved
Developer The Trump Organization
Design Architect Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Structural Engineer Skidmore Owings & Merrill
MEP Engineer WMA Consulting Engineers
Main Contractor Bovis Lend Lease
Material Suppliers Permasteelisa Group
Other Consultants KONE;
(elevator supplier)
RWDI;
Dow Corning Corporation
CTBUH Awards
2009 Best Tall Building Americas Finalist
CTBUH 8th Annual Awards, (See the CTBUH Awards Book)

Videos
Interview: Timothy Poell
T.Poell (SOM), CTBUH Chicago Conference
Formworks for High-Rise Construction
J. Gnida (PERI Gmbh), CTBUH Mumbai Conference
Skyscrapers as Business Strategy: Trump International Tower
E. Trump (The Trump Organization), A. Weis (The Trump Organization), CTBUH Chicago Conference

Technical Papers
Case Study: Trump International Hotel & Tower
W. Baker (SOM), P. James (Bovis Lend Lease), CTBUH Journal

News Articles
Trump Penthouse Listed at USD32 Million
Forbes, 2012-06
Top 10 concrete skyscrapers
arabianBusiness.com, 2010-11
Trump Tower Dressing Up Model Units to Spur Sales
Chicago Tribune, 2010-10
Chicago: A Tale of Two Urban Plazas
Chicago Tribune, 2010-05
Trump's Tower is Now World's Sixth Tallest
Chicago Tribune, 2009-11
Trump Spire Lights Up
Chicago Tribune, 2009-11
A Sneak Peek at the Trump Tower Penthouse
Chicago Tribune, 2009-09
Trump's Towering Toothpick
Chicago Tribune, 2009-05
Trump Spire on Way to Completion
Chicago Tribune, 2009-05
Skimpy Reporting Undercuts Rant About 'Dinky' Spire
Chicago Tribune, 2009-04
Trump, Lenders in Temporary Truce on Lawsuits
Crain's New York Business, 2009-03
Finishing the Trump Tower Spire
Chicago Tribune, 2009-01
Trump Tower Spire Topped Out 90 Feet Short of Sears Tower
Chicago Tribune, 2009-01
Trump Tower Spire Installation Scrubbed
Chicago Tribune, 2008-12
The Trump Tower Spire: An In-Depth Dook
Chicago Tribune, 2008-12
Trump Trying to Get Final Okay for Spire Installation
Chicago Tribune, 2008-12
Trump Spire Installation Postponed Again
Chicago Tribune, 2008-11
Must Skyscrapers be Bird-Killers? Not Necessarily
The Skyline, 2008-11
Memo to Mr. Trump: Take a Reader's Advice
Chicago Tribune, 2008-10
Lending Freeze Tests Skyscraper Optimism
Architectural Record, 2008-10
Trump Tower: Ready To Get Spired
Chicago Tribune, 2008-09
Trump Tower Tops Out
Chicago Tribune, 2008-08
Trump Tower Opened While Still Adding on Floors
Chicago Tribune, 2008-06