![]() He received a Fulbright Scholarship and a Pakistan government scholarship enabled him to travel to the United States in 1952 where he pursued advanced studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Ahsanullah Engineering College, University of Dhaka, (now Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology). Khan received his matriculation from Armanitola Government High School, in Dhaka. ![]() Khan's seminal work of developing tall building structural systems are still used today as starting point when considering design options for tall buildings. CTBUH named an award after him called Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Medal. He has been called the "Einstein of structural engineering" and the Greatest Structural Engineer of the 20th Century for his innovative use of structural systems that remain fundamental to modern skyscraper construction. Khan in his short life created a legacy of innovations that is without peer and left an unprecedented and lasting influence on the profession, both nationally and internationally. Khan, more than any other individual, ushered in a renaissance in skyscraper construction during the second half of the twentieth century and made it possible for people to live and work in "cities in the sky". He also designed structures that are not high rises such as the Hajj Terminal and helped in initiating the widespread usage of computers for structural engineering. He is the designer of Willis Tower - the tallest building in the United States (and tallest in the world for many years) and John Hancock Centre, a 100-story tall building. Considered the Father of tubular designs for high-rises, Khan became an icon in both architecture and structural engineering. Fazlur Rahman Khan (ApMarch 27, 1982) was a Bangladeshi structural engineer and architect, who initiated structural systems that form the basis of tall building construction today.
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