Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
| Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture AS+GG |
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| Key architects |
Adrian Smith Gordon Gill Robert Forest |
| Founded | November 1, 2006 |
| Location | Chicago |
| Buildings | FKI Tower Beijing Waldorf Astoria Jeddah Tower |
| Projects | Great City Chengdu Master Plan Chicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan |
| Awards | 2014 AIA Chicago, Distinguished Building Award, Citation of Merit, FKI Tower 2013 AIA Illinois, Daniel Burnham Honor Award, Chicago Central Area DeCarbonization Plan 2012 AIA Chicago, Design Excellence, SustainABILITY Award, Chicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan 2011 National AIA, Honor Award, Regional and Urban Design, Chicago Central Area DeCarbonization Plan (see additional awards below) |
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), an architecture firm and design firm based in Chicago, is engaged in the design and development of energy-efficient and sustainable architecture. AS+GG designs buildings, cities, masterplans and components of these. It creates designs for an international clientele with projects located throughout the world. The primary uses of these designs are civic, commercial, cultural, hospitality, residential and mixed-use. AS+GG also specializes in supertall skyscrapers, such as the Jeddah Tower, which will overtake the Burj Khalifa as the world's tallest building when completed in 2020.
AS+GG was founded in Chicago in 2006, by Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill, and Robert Forest after they left the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM). Taking their experience on large, mixed-use projects, AS+GG focuses on the design of high-performance, energy-efficient, and sustainable architecture on an international scale. “We’re now trying to design a building as a vehicle, or a vessel, that uses less energy and also mines the free energy that’s available,” as Smith explained in an interview with architectural historian Judith Dupré, “and that’s creating a new aesthetic for us.”
Adrian Smith's departure from SOM has been widely reported. And Smith had several projects still under construction that were designed while at SOM including: Burj Khalifa, Dubai, Broadgate Tower, London, England and Trump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago, and with Gordon Gill and Robert Forest: Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, Nanjing, China. Gordon, while at SOM, designed the award-winning Virginia Beach Convention Center,Virginia Beach, Virginia. He also designed the Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China with Robert also working on the project.
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