Seven Seas Mariner is a cruise ship operated by Regent Seven Seas Cruises (formerly Radisson Seven Seas Cruises). She was the first all-suite, all-balcony ship in the world, and was awarded Ship of the Year in 2002 by Ocean and Cruise News.
The John Hancock Center. Chicago, Illinois, 1969, 1127ft, Steel. New Heights for Chicago. The John Hancock Center (Figure 1) was completed in 1968 by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) at 876 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
To meet the demands of high-rise building, the industry developed gypsum board shaft wall systems and movable partitions systems as well as improved fire resistance. The tallest buildings in the world at that timeâthe John Hancock Tower, at 100 stories, and the Sears Tower, at 110 storiesâused gypsum board in construction.