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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
About
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is dedicated to the design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale.
They believe that architecture has the unique power to influence our world. They strive to create designs that aid society, advance technology, sustain the environment and inspire those around us to improve our world.
Their office is dedicated to the creation of new paradigms for sustainable development. They use a holistic, integrated design approach that emphasizes symbiotic relationship with the natural environment -- a philosophy they've termed ""global environmental contextualism.""
The firm was founded in 2006 by partners Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill and Robert Forest. Today there are 100 employees in offices in Chicago and Beijing.
Fields of Expertise
Architecture; Interior Design; Urban Design
Buildings
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Rank
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Name
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Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
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1 |
711 m / 2,333 ft |
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2 |
498.8 m / 1,636 ft |
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3 |
475.6 m / 1,560 ft |
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4 |
472.4 m / 1,550 ft |
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5 |
433.4 m / 1,422 ft |
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6 |
350 m / 1,148 ft |
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7 |
340 m / 1,115 ft |
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8 |
320 m / 1,050 ft |
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9 |
300.8 m / 987 ft |
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10 |
300 m / 984 ft |
Awards
Ctbuh Leaders
CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present
CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2014 – Present
Christopher Drew
CTBUH Working Group: High Performance Facades, 2015 – Present
Building Completions Timeline
Videos
30 October 2019
Urban Advances: The Reality and The Virtual
Gordon Gill, Partner at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 30 October 2019.
Research
27 April 2018
Technical Considerations for Akhmat Tower
The 435-meter Akhmat Tower in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, will be shaped to refer to the Nakh tower, a traditional watchtower typology in the region. A...
Global News
27 January 2023
Partnership Announced to Build New Office and Retail Skyscraper in Cairo
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG Architecture) and Magnon Properies are developing the planned Forbes International Tower. The partnership, which marks the first time...
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Name
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City
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Completion
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Height
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1 |
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1008 m / 3,307 ft |
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2 |
- |
1000 m / 3,281 ft |
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3 |
- |
874 m / 2,867 ft |
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4 |
- |
711 m / 2,333 ft |
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5 |
- |
700 m / 2,297 ft |
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6 |
- |
685 m / 2,247 ft |
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7 |
- |
636 m / 2,087 ft |
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8 |
- |
550 m / 1,804 ft |
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9 |
- |
518 m / 1,700 ft |
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10 |
2025 |
499 m / 1,636 ft |
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11 |
2023 |
476 m / 1,560 ft |
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12 |
2020 |
472 m / 1,550 ft |
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13 |
- |
470 m / 1,542 ft |
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14 |
- |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
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15 |
- |
446 m / 1,463 ft |
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16 |
- |
435 m / 1,427 ft |
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17 |
2027 |
433 m / 1,422 ft |
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18 |
- |
400 m / 1,312 ft |
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19 |
- |
378 m / 1,240 ft |
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20 |
- |
350 m / 1,148 ft |
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21 |
2023 |
340 m / 1,115 ft |
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22 |
- |
320 m / 1,050 ft |
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23 |
2015 |
301 m / 987 ft |
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24 |
- |
300 m / 984 ft |
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25 |
- |
260 m / 853 ft |
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26 |
2018 |
255 m / 835 ft |
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27 |
- |
248 m / 814 ft |
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28 |
2013 |
246 m / 805 ft |
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29 |
2023 |
240 m / 787 ft |
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30 |
- |
227 m / 745 ft |
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31 |
- |
224 m / 735 ft |
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32 |
2023 |
221 m / 724 ft |
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33 |
- |
220 m / 722 ft |
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34 |
- |
220 m / 722 ft |
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35 |
- |
219 m / 719 ft |
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36 |
2023 |
187 m / 613 ft |
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37 |
2016 |
185 m / 607 ft |
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38 |
- |
173 m / 568 ft |
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39 |
- |
166 m / 545 ft |
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40 |
2014 |
158 m / 517 ft |
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41 |
- |
138 m / 453 ft |
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42 |
- |
114 m / 374 ft |
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43 |
2013 |
112 m / 366 ft |
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44 |
- |
105 m / 344 ft |
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45 |
2017 |
100 m / 328 ft |
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46 |
- |
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47 |
- |
- m / - ft |
Statistics
Average Building Age*
7 Years
Most Common Function*
Office (42%)
Most Common Material*
Composite (55%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
Based on 12 buildings over 150 m height
with a function
Based on 11 buildings over 150 m height
with a material
Building Completions Timeline
Building Map
Construction Time Chart
NOTE: Construction start time is not available for all buildings. The average construction time is only displayed if there is three or more buildings with construction start and complete data in that year.
Create your own charts using the Explore Data tool.
Designated Experts
Ctbuh Leaders At Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH Expert Peer Review Committee, 2014 – Present
Peter Weismantle
Director of Supertall Building Technology, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2014 – Present
Richard Wilson
City Design Director, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH Working Group: High Performance Facades, 2015 – Present
Christopher Drew
Director of Sustainability, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH Chicago Chapter, 2018 – Present
Juan Betancur
Director, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Chicago, 2019 – Present
Katrina Fernandez
Architect, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Videos
30 October 2019 | Chicago
Urban Advances: The Reality and The Virtual
Gordon Gill, Partner at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, speaks at the 2019 CTBUH International Congress in Chicago on 30 October 2019.
28 March 2018 | Chicago
Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: Naturalizing the Vertical Realm
Thursday, February 1, 2018. Chicago, United States of America. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) held...
16 March 2017 | Chicago
How High Can We Go? (Highlight)
Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first event in the Building Tall lecture...
16 March 2017 | Chicago
Building Tall Skyscraper Lecture Series: How High Can We Go?
Thursday, March 16, 2017. Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the first lecture of the series Building Tall...
26 October 2015 | New York City
2015 New York Conference - Session 1b - Q&A
Adrian Smith, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; Keith Brooks, ARCADIS Architects; George Leventis, Langan; and Alan Poeppel, Langan, answer questions at the end of...
26 October 2015 | New York City
Interview: Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt...
26 October 2015 | New York City
The Tall Building Impact: From Local to Global
Supertall towers, when done correctly, are the catalyst for the city or district around them. They give an area an identity. They increase the local...
06 November 2014 | Chicago
Interview: FKI Head Office Building
Juan Betancur, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, is interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the Best Tall Building Featured Finalist, the FKI Head Office Building,...
06 November 2014 | Chicago
Best Tall Building Featured Finalist: Putting a New Face on the “Glass Box”: FKI Head Office Building
The new head offices for the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) are a major new addition to the skyline of Seoul, Korea. The tower features...
18 September 2014 | Shanghai
Measuring Tall Buildings: Has CTBUH got its Height Criteria Correct?
One of the roles of the CTBUH is to be a “voice of reason” as the arbiter of building height claims, and to be consistent...
Research
27 April 2018
Technical Considerations for Akhmat Tower
Alejandro Stochetti, Sara Beardsley & Marc Cerone, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture; John Peronto, Thornton Tomasetti
The 435-meter Akhmat Tower in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, will be shaped to refer to the Nakh tower, a traditional watchtower typology in the region. A...
01 March 2018
Challenges in the Architectural Technical Design of the New Generation of Supertall Buildings
Peter A. Weismantle, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
The design of a supertall building poses many challenges to the architect and engineer. Using Jeddah Tower as a case study; this paper intends to...
01 December 2017
The Path to Life Cycle Carbon Neutrality in High Rise Buildings
Chris Drew & Natalia Quintanilla, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Across the world, building energy codes are becoming stricter, demanding higher levels of energy performance with each issuance. Some locations have taken initiatives to eliminate...
01 December 2017
Multitasking Façade: How to Combine BIPV with Passive Solar Mitigation Strategies in a High-Rise Curtain Wall
Juan Betancur, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
This paper outlines the processes and strategies studied and selected by the team during the design stages of the project for the incorporation of BIPV...
08 August 2017
ASPECT: RATIOS – Voices of Women In the Tall Building World
Ilkay Can-Standard, GenX Design & Technology; Martina Dolejsova, Studio Libeskind
ASPECT: RATIOS is the outgrowth of a program developed by the CTBUH Young Professionals Committee in New York, beginning in 2016. The purpose of the...
28 April 2017
Debating Tall: Replace the Thompson Center?
Helmut Jahn, JAHN; Mir Ali, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chicago’s drum-shaped, 17-story James R. Thompson Center, with its soaring atrium and extensive glazing, has been criticized for poor temperature control and spatial inefficiency, and...
17 October 2016
Using Parametric Simulation and GIS to Design a Stormwater Solution for a Chinese Sponge-City
Christopher Drew, Patrick Keeney & Xi Yi, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
One of the predicted effects of climate change in Central China is an increase in precipitation and in extreme rainfall intensity. In 2015, the Chinese...
17 October 2016
Changing Market Forces and Their Impacts on Tall Building Planning and Design: A Case Study
Ro Shroff, CallisonRTKL
This paper articulates how changing market conditions and other variables impact the design process for tall buildings in general and a 355m tall luxury residential...
17 October 2016
Mixed-Use Supertall Building as the Approach to Shaping Dense Vertical Urbanism
Zhendong Wang & Jing Cui, Tongji University
In the pursuit of denser, more concentrated sustainable cities which reduce the loss of open space and energy-intensive transport and infrastructure networks, tall buildings have...
26 October 2015
The Tall Building Impact: From Local to Global
Adrian Smith & Peter Weismantle, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
AS+GG’s Director of Supertall Technology interviews AS+GG Partner Adrian Smith about the impact that supertall buildings have on a city’s identity, economy, ecological impact, and...
Global News
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01 September 2022
Dubai Uptown Tower Office Space is Fully Pre-Leased Ahead of its Completion
The office space at the 340-meter Uptown Tower has been fully pre-leased in advance of the completion of its construction later in 2022. Over 495,000...
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08 July 2022
Dubai Tower's Faceted Façade is Completed
The faceted glass façade for the 340-meter-tall Uptown Tower has been fully installed. Having started installation in August 2020, progress on the façade proceeded at...
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27 May 2020
Plans Approved For 102-Story Skyscraper That Could Be Chicago's Second-Tallest
A 102-story skyscraper known as Tribune East Tower could become Chicago’s second tallest building in the coming years, after aldermen on Wednesday, 20 May, 2020...
22 November 2019
Construction Stalls on Supertall Development in Wuhan
A subsidiary of China’s largest construction group has suspended work on one of the nation’s tallest skyscrapers after the developer became the latest in a...
21 November 2019
Planned Chicago Supertall Undergoes Minimal Changes After Community Review
On 19 November 2019, developers unveiled updated plans for a mixed-use supertall tower slated for the parking lot just east of Chicago’s landmark Tribune Tower....
07 November 2019
Design for Mixed-Use Complex in Nanjing Announced
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) has announced the design of the new South HeXi Yuzui Financial District in Nanjing. The firm won an...
07 November 2019
Design for Mixed-Use Complex in Nanjing Announced
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) has announced the design of the new South HeXi Yuzui Financial District in Nanjing. The firm won an...
08 October 2019
Chicago’s Next Supertall Nears Approval Amid Flurry of Development
The developer of a proposed supertall skyscraper on North Michigan Avenue next to Tribune Tower is nearing an agreement with the city in “a couple...
18 September 2019
Two Supertalls Top Out in New York City
The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...
21 January 2019
“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest
For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...
CTBUH Initiatives Involving Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Fourth Building Tall Lecture Series: Greening Tall
01 February 2018
The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) and CTBUH hosted a panel discussion on the movement to incorporate green features into tall buildings.
CTBUH Supports High-Rise Conference at Samara State University
04–07 September 2017
22 speakers discussed the state of high-rise design & construction at this conference, a partner event between the CTBUH and Samara State Technical University.
Master's Thesis Challenge
28 August 2017
CTBUH is launching a new academic initiative, empowering Master's-level architecture students to research new possibilities in rope-less elevator technology.
Partnered Event Explores High-Performance Skyscraper Design
24 May 2017
CTBUH, ComEd, and Seventhwave partnered to host a breakfast seminar focused on high-performance building envelope design with the goal of identifying opportunities for energy savings.
CTBUH Leads AIA Orlando Panel Discussion on Urban Sustainability
28 April 2017
The CTBUH had a significant presence at this year's AIA Conference in Orlando, convening a panel discussion investigating the sustainability of urban and suburban living patterns.
First CAF-CTBUH Lecture Series Draws Crowd, Rave Reviews
16 March 2017
The CTBUH, in conjunction with the Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF), held the first of the four-part “Building Tall” lecture series at the CAF lecture hall.
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