![]() ![]() His projects have received more than 125 design awards including five international awards, nine National AlA awards, among dozens of others. ![]() Before establishing AS+GG, from 1980 to 2003 he was a Design Partner in the Chicago office of SOM and a Consulting Design Partner from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, Smith co-founded the Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. His approach has won him competitions and clients worldwide. ![]() Smith’s skyscrapers combine state-of-the-art systems and technologies that strive for environmental sustainability with an imageability that reflect a desire to connect to geographical, cultural, and social influences, a design philosophy he calls Global Contextualism. No architect can claim a comparable number of projects or come within 600 feet of the tip of his current tallest tower. He has been the designer for seven structures in our SUPERTALL! 2020 exhibition: Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago Zifeng Tower in Nanjing Wuhan Greenland Center Chengdu Greenland Tower the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the current world’s tallest man-made structure ay 828 meters, and Jeddah Tower, under construction in Saudi Arabia, which if completed will reach at least 1,000 meters. He will discuss how each design was conceived for their specific sites, as well as the successes and unique challenges of each project.Īdrian Smith, FAIA, Design Partner and Founder of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), is the architect of more than 4,000 meters-nearly 2.5 vertical miles-of skyscrapers. He will focus on the stories behind his designs, including projects completed while Design Partner at SOM Chicago including Jin Mao, Nanjing Greenland, Burj Khalifa, and Pearl River Tower and AS+GG projects Jeddah Tower, 1 Dubai, and Biophilic Tower. Adrian Smith’s talk, Supertall/Megatall: How High Can We Go?, will explore how the skyscraper captured the imagination of the public while becoming widely popular to the profession of Architecture. ![]()
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