William F. Baker (engineer)
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| Born | 1953 Fulton, Missouri, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Structural Engineer & Civil Engineer |
| Institutions | IStructE, ASCE, ACI, AISC, CTBUH, NCEES, IABSE, EERI, SEAOI, NAE, RAE |
| Practice name | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP |
| Projects | Burj Khalifa, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Cayan Tower |
| Significant design | Burj Khalifa |
| Awards | International Fellow RAE, IStructE Gold Medal, Fritz Leonhardt Prize, Fazlur Kahn Lifetime Achievement Medal, 2011 OPAL Lifetime Achievement Award for Design |
William Frazier Baker, also known as Bill Baker, (born October 9, 1953) is an American structural engineer known for engineering the Burj Khalifa - the world's tallest building/man-made structure. He is currently a structural engineering partner in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (SOM).
After obtaining a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri, Baker held a brief tenure with ExxonMobil and later completed his master's degree at the University of Illinois. In 1981 he joined the architecture and engineering firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP (SOM) in Chicago and eventually become a partner there in 1996. While widely regarded for his work on supertall buildings, Baker's expertise also extends to a wide variety of structures like the Broadgate-Exchange House (London, 1990) and the GM Renaissance Center Entry Pavilion (Detroit, 2005). He is further known for his work on long-span roof structures, such as the McCormick Place North Building Expansion (Chicago, 1986), the Korean Air Lines Operations Center (Seoul, 1995), the Korea World Trade Center Expansion (Seoul, 2000), and the Virginia Beach Convention Center (Virginia Beach, 2007). Baker's career has also been marked by various collaborations with artists such as Jamie Carpenter (Raspberry Island-Schubert Club Band Shell, 2002), Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle (Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With, 2010), Jaume Plensa (World Voices, 2010), and James Turrell (Roden Crater).
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