The Aon Center Marble

Carrara marble is much thinner than building materials.

The aon center marble.

A slab of the marble facade came off the building and plunged through the roof of the prudential center annex. The aon center is the third tallest building in chicago. Aon center is the only regular box shaped building in the world over 300 meters tall. Marble removed from the cladding of the building was crushed and used as decorative stone surrounding the amoco refinery in whiting indiana.

Aon center formerly standard oil building 1974 85 and amoco building 1985 99 83 floor 1 136 feet or 346 3 metres tall commercial skyscraper located at 200 e. Originally clad in carrara marble it was the tallest marble clad building in the world until it was reclad in white granite due to safety concerns in the early 1990s. Completed in 1972 the simple rectangular shaped tubular steel framed structure was originally called the standard oil building because it housed that company s. The marble panels were buckling and coming loose because of the harsh chicago winters.

Please call the office of the building to discuss the services you require. Built in 1973 the architects placed form above function neglecting to realize that while stunning the carrara marble they used to construct the exterior of the aon center was thinner and lighter than more typical building materials. It was completed in 1973 and was originally named the standard oil building. The aon center 200 east randolph street formerly amoco building is a modern supertall skyscraper just east of the chicago loop chicago illinois united states designed by architect firms edward durell stone and the perkins and will partnership and completed in 1974 as the standard oil building.

Aon center occupies only a quarter of its lot with the rest taken up by a two level landscaped plaza including fountains and trees. This rogue piece crashed onto the roof of the neighboring prudential. The project was referred to as the whiting beautification project. Replacing the carrara marble with granite may have cost as much as half of the original construction cost for the entire building.

Remodeling redecorating services available from the aon center staff include but are not limited to the following. A year after the building went up one of the. Simple in design the aon center appears monolithic without any setbacks or adornments. Carpentry carpeting and tile electrical hvac marble and ceramic tile painting plumbing.

All 43 000 marble panels comprising the building s facade were replaced with granite from north carolina.