What is Fazlur Khan?
{{Infobox person|image=Fazlur Khan (14396319747).jpg|caption=A bust of Khan |birth_date=3 April 1929|birth_place=[[Dhaka]], then-[[British India]]|death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1982|03|27|1929|04|03}}|death_place=[[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]]|resting_place=[[Graceland Cemetery]], [[Chicago]], [[United States|U.S.]]|death_cause=[[Heart attack]]|occupation=Architect, engineer}} '''Fazlur Rahman Khan''' (ফজলুর রহমান খান) (April 3, 1929 &ndash; March 27, 1982) was a [[Bangladesh]]i-[[United States|American]] structural engineer and architect. He and his business partner [[Bruce Graham]] are known for designing the [[Willis Tower]] and the [[John Hancock Center]] both in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He was one of the most well-known architects in the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book| last = Weingardt| first = Richard| title = Engineering Legends: Great American Civil Engineers : 32 Profiles of Inspiration and Achievement| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BDfQwAEACAAJ&pg=PA78| accessdate = 26 June 2012| date = 10 August 2005| publisher = ASCE Publications| isbn = 978-0-7844-0801-8| pages = 78– }}</ref> Khan was born on April 3, 1929 in [[Dhaka]], then-[[British India]]. He studied at [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]] and at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]. He was married to Liselotte Khan until his wife death in 1990. Khan died of a heart attack on March 27, 1982 while on a trip in [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia, at the age of 52. He is buried at [[Graceland Cemetery]] in Chicago. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.lehigh.edu/~infrk/2011.08.article.html Article on Fazlur Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701122344/https://www.lehigh.edu/~infrk/2011.08.article.html |date=2019-07-01 }} * [http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-9180-top-10-worlds-tallest-steel-buildings/ Article on Khan's buildings] * [https://ialcce2012.boku.ac.at/keynote_details.php?profile=5 Profile on Fazlur Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive