Earlier supertall designs at AS+GG include 1 Dubai, 1 Park Avenue and Meraas Tower, all commissioned by the government-backed Meraas Development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also at SOM, Smith was the Design Partner of the 71-story, 310-meter Pearl River Tower, scheduled to open this fall in Guangzhou, China, as the world’s most highly sustainable supertall building.įederation of Korean Industries HQ in Korea:Īt AS+GG, which Smith co-founded with Gordon Gill and Robert Forest in 2006, his portfolio includes the recently announced Wuhan Greenland Center, a 606-meter tower in China, and another supertall tower in the Middle East to be announced later this year. Smith’s design portfolio at SOM also includes London’s 201 Bishopsgate/Broadgate Tower, which the CTBUH named the Best Tall Building completed in Europe in 2009. Last year, the CTBUH named Burj Khalifa the Best Tall Building completed in the Middle East and Asia, and also presented Burj with the Global Icon Award. 11), all at his former firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. 7), Chicago’s Trump International Hotel & Tower (No. 1), Nanjing’s Zifeng Tower at Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (No. As of mid-2011, he has designed four of the world’s eleven tallest completed buildings: Dubai’s Burj Khalifa (No. Smith, the senior Design Partner at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago, is one of the world’s most prolific and celebrated designers of supertall towers. Equally as exciting are the ‘as yet unannounced’ tall projects that I know of that are scheduled to come from his office in the coming months.” “As such, his contribution to the development of the typology is beyond doubt. “Adrian is one of a relatively small number of architects who has designed and built a significant number of not only tall, but supertall, buildings internationally,” said Antony Wood, CTBUH’s executive director. Image © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture of John Portman & Associates and William Pedersen of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Recent winners of the award include John C. 27 at Illinois Institute of Technology’s Crown Hall. The award will be presented at the CTBUH 10th annual awards ceremony and dinner on Oct. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat for his extraordinary contribution to the supertall building typology. BEEDLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE COUNCIL ON TALL BUILDINGS AND URBAN HABITATĬHICAGO, J– Adrian Smith, FAIA, RIBA, is the 2011 winner of the Lynn S. Photo © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill ArchitectureĪDRIAN SMITH WINS 2011 LYNN S. “It was the culmination of many years of work and one of the most thrilling moments of my career,” said Adrian, who left SOM in 2006 to start his own firm, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.” Adrian Smith Award Burj Khalifa’s is 828 metres / 2,716.5 feet high. Architect Adrian Smith, who designed Burj Khalifa while at the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), attended the opening ceremonies. The world’s tallest building opened on Jan 4 2010. Post updated Adrian Smith – Major Designīurj Khalifa skyscraper designed by Adrian Smith architect Adrian Smith, Chicago Design Office, AS+GG Studio, American Skyscraper Designs Adrian Smith Architect, USA : AS+GGĪS+GG Architects – US Design Studio Information
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