John Hancock Tower is spectacular building constructed for the office of John Hancock insurance companies. John Hancock Tower was designed by the I.M Pie and Henry N. Cobb and Cobb who was the leading architect got the award or the master piece of work. 62 storey building is about 241m high and it is the tallest building of the city of Boston. The building is made up of reflective glass which is blue in color. Blue color of the building is quite attractive and image of the nearby buildings can be seen on the glasses of windows.

Following pointers throw light on the perfect skyscraper:

1. Many tourists use to visit Boston city and plan the travel of John Hancock Tower. There are about 10,344 window glasses in the building which are tremendous piece of architecture. In spite of many controversies it is regarded as the third best work of the finest modern architecture. There was glass tragedy during the construction but later it was rectified.
2. Trinity Church is situated in the vicinity which got damaged due to cracks which developed in the basement of the building. There was controversy in starting due to the Trinity Church because some people though that construction of the building can decrease the importance of the importance of the old buildings. There was debate over the topic and even the Boston Public Library was overshadowed by the master piece of architecture.
3. Observatory was built for the tourist to view the panoramic scene from the top of the building. The building was 62 storied and the view from the top of the building was amazing. Many tourists used to visit the observatory but after the destruction of the world trade center the observatory was closed because of safety reasons.
4. The shape chosen by the architects was a parallelogram and the color of the window panes is blue. The exterior design of the building is wonderful and blue can be contrasted from the blue color of the sky. Pin stripe of geometry was used for reflection of the glass work having the image of shorter sides.
5. If the engineering of the building is compared then it can be observed that there were many loop holes due to which there was glass tragedy and cracks on the basement. The nausea suffered by the people of the upper floor is also a nightmare. Overall architecture was wonderful but engineering was not at all satisfactory.

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