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Adrian D. Smith (born August 19, 1944) is an American architect. He designed the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, as well as the building projected to surpass it, the Jeddah Tower. A long-time principal of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he founded his own architectural partnership firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in
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Adrian Smith, FAIA, Founding Partner Emeritus, is an Architect of international renown, having designed many landmark buildings including the two world’s tallest structures: Burj Khalifa completed in 2010 in Dubai and Jeddah Tower, now under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Adrian Smith, the designer of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, and champion of sustainable design, received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Texas A&M. His projects have won over 110 major awards for design excellence.
Adrian Smith (b. August 19th, 1944) is an American architect noted for his designs for sustainable highrise buildings. Although he was born in Chicago, his family moved from Illinois to California when he was five. Smith studied at the Texas A&M University in College Station from 1962 to 1966.
Feb 13, 2018 · Architect Adrian Smith, currently at work on Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower, got his start in the field through a chance conversation. Adrian Smith in his Chicago firm, Adrian Smith +...
Mar 21, 2013 · Over a 39-year career that started at SOM in Chicago, Adrian Smith has been credited as the architect of many of the most famous super-tall (more than 300m) buildings in the world. He was the lead designer of the 421m Jin Mao tower in Shanghai (1999), the 423m Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago (2009) and the 828m Burj Khalifa, the ...
