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Aon Center
Aon Center, Chicago
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Quick Facts
City  Chicago
Country  USA
Year  1973
Height  346,3m / 1 136ft
Floors  82
Realisation
Architect  Edward Durell Stone
Perkins & amp
Will partnership
Engineers  Perkins & amp Will
Developer  Standard Oil Co.
Building Info
Name  Aon Center
Category  Office Building
Alias  Amoco Building
Standard Oil Building
Materials  steel
marble
granite
Address  200 East Randolph Street
Notes
Originally the world's tallest marble-clad structure
The original Carrara marble slabs turned out too thin and the building had to be recladded. The marble was replaced by thicker slabs of North Carolina speckled granite. The restoration started in 1990 and was finished in 1992.
 
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