So credit Adrian Smith with the building of a word, too. But understand it was an even taller classification of buildings—ones that soar more than 2,000 feet—that he basically shepherded into ...

The building's design was developed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the same company that was behind the construction of Central Park Tower in New York, another of the world's top 25 ...

When world renowned architect Adrian Smith begins to draft the scheme for one of his towering buildings, he and his wife, Nancy, get on their knees and pray. Most of his masterpieces, including ...

Adrian Smith, cofounder of the firm, also worked on the world’s current tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, while he was still at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).

Within a three-week period, Adrian Smith sketched out the original designs that would eventually become the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa.In the early 2000s, he was approached by ...

Adrian Smith, 73, is founder of Chicago’s Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. The firm has designed the world’s tallest building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the world’s tallest ...

When Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street officially tops out at 1,550 feet on September 17, it will (if you don’t count the 400-foot spire atop One World Trade Center) become New York’s ...

Construction is under way on the Greenland Tower Chengdu, a 468-meter-high crystalline skyscraper in Chengdu, China, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. When built, it will be the ...

The Building Team included: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) is dedicated to the design of high-performance architecture in a wide range of typology and scale, from low- and mid-rise ...