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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 | Jeddah Tower | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | |
| 2 | Uptown Dubai Tower 1 | 711 m / 2,333 ft | |
| 3 | HeXi Yuzui Tower A | 498.8 m / 1,636 ft | |
| 4 | Wuhan Greenland Center | 475.6 m / 1,560 ft | |
| 5 | Central Park Tower | 472.4 m / 1,550 ft | |
| 6 | HeXi Yuzui Tower C | 350 m / 1,148 ft | |
| 7 | Uptown Tower | 333.4 m / 1,094 ft | |
| 8 | Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1 | 320 m / 1,050 ft | |
| 9 | Shenzhen Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center | 300.8 m / 987 ft | |
| 10 | Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel | 300 m / 984 ft |
Ctbuh Leaders
CTBUH Urban Habitat / Urban Design Committee, 2014 – Present
CTBUH Working Group: High Performance Facades, 2015 – Present
CTBUH Future Leaders Committee, Chicago, 2019 – Present
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
22 December 2023
Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
Global News
23 August 2024
Hydrogen Powered High-Rise in Cairo is Getting Closer to Breaking Ground
The Forbes International Tower, first announced in January 2023, is slated to be one of the first skyscrapers primarily powered by hydrogen. The building, designed...
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RANK
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Name
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Completion
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Height
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Floors
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Function
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| 1 | One Dubai Tower A | Dubai | - |
1,008 m / 3,307 ft |
201 | N/A |
| 2 | Jeddah Tower | Jeddah | 2030 |
1,000 m / 3,281 ft |
167 | Residential / Serviced Apartments |
| 3 | One Dubai Tower B | Dubai | - |
874 m / 2,867 ft |
N/A | N/A |
| 4 | Uptown Dubai Tower 1 | Dubai | - |
711 m / 2,333 ft |
N/A | Office |
| 5 | Shimao Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Centre | Shenzhen | - |
700 m / 2,297 ft |
N/A | Hotel / Office |
| 6 | One Dubai Tower C | Dubai | - |
685 m / 2,247 ft |
N/A | N/A |
| 7 | Wuhan Greenland Center | Wuhan | - |
636 m / 2,087 ft |
126 | Hotel / Residential / Office |
| 8 | One Park Avenue | Dubai | - |
550 m / 1,804 ft |
116 | Multiple |
| 9 | Thompson Center Redevelopment | Chicago | - |
518 m / 1,700 ft |
115 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 10 | HeXi Yuzui Tower A | Nanjing | 2028 |
499 m / 1,636 ft |
85 | Office |
| 11 | Wuhan Greenland Center | Wuhan | 2023 |
476 m / 1,560 ft |
101 | Hotel / Serviced Apartments / Office |
| 12 | Central Park Tower | New York City | 2020 |
472 m / 1,550 ft |
98 | Residential / Retail |
| 13 | Abu Dhabi Tower | Doha | - |
470 m / 1,542 ft |
104 | Multiple |
| 14 | Chengdu Greenland Tower | Chengdu | - |
468 m / 1,535 ft |
101 | Hotel / Office |
| 15 | Dancing Dragon Tower 1 | Seoul | - |
446 m / 1,463 ft |
88 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 16 | Multifunctional Highrise Complex - Akhmat Tower | Groznyj | - |
435 m / 1,427 ft |
102 | Residential / Office |
| 17 | Tribune East Tower | Chicago | - |
433 m / 1,422 ft |
113 | Residential / Hotel |
| 18 | Imperial Tower 3 | Mumbai | - |
400 m / 1,312 ft |
116 | Residential |
| 19 | Dancing Dragon Tower 2 | Seoul | - |
378 m / 1,240 ft |
77 | Office |
| 20 | HeXi Yuzui Tower C | Nanjing | - |
350 m / 1,148 ft |
N/A | Office |
| 21 | Uptown Tower | Dubai | 2023 |
333 m / 1,094 ft |
77 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 22 | Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 1 | Suzhou | - |
320 m / 1,050 ft |
65 | Serviced Apartments / Office |
| 23 | Shenzhen Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center | Shenzhen | 2015 |
301 m / 987 ft |
61 | Hotel / Office |
| 24 | Suzhou Keyne Center Office and Hotel | Suzhou | - |
300 m / 984 ft |
26 | Hotel / Office |
| 25 | 645 Yonge Street | Toronto | - |
280 m / 919 ft |
76 | Residential |
| 26 | Xinda Kingtown International Center Tower 2 | Suzhou | - |
260 m / 853 ft |
68 | Hotel |
| 27 | Burj Vista Tower 1 | Dubai | 2018 |
255 m / 835 ft |
66 | Residential |
| 28 | 648 Yonge Street | Toronto | - |
254 m / 833 ft |
74 | Residential |
| 29 | Qintai International Tower | Wuhan | - |
248 m / 814 ft |
46 | Hotel / Office |
| 30 | FKI Tower | Seoul | 2013 |
245 m / 805 ft |
50 | Office |
| 31 | TD Terrace | Toronto | 2024 |
240 m / 787 ft |
48 | Office |
| 32 | The Mansion at Burj Khalifa | Dubai | - |
227 m / 745 ft |
60 | Residential |
| 33 | One Bromfield | Boston | - |
224 m / 735 ft |
59 | Residential |
| 34 | 830 Brickell | Miami | 2024 |
221 m / 724 ft |
55 | Office |
| 35 | HeXi Yuzui Tower B-2 | Nanjing | - |
220 m / 722 ft |
45 | Office |
| 36 | Suzhou Keyne Center Residential Tower | Suzhou | - |
220 m / 722 ft |
32 | Residential |
| 37 | Freed Hotel and Residences | Toronto | - |
219 m / 719 ft |
63 | Residential / Hotel |
| 38 | 175 Wynford Tower 1 | Toronto | - |
209 m / 685 ft |
65 | Residential / Hotel |
| 39 | Epstein Project | Jerusalem | - |
200 m / 656 ft |
42 | Residential / Hotel |
| 40 | 175 Wynford Tower 2 | Toronto | - |
193 m / 634 ft |
59 | Residential |
| 41 | Una Residences | Miami | 2025 |
187 m / 613 ft |
47 | Residential |
| 42 | Vantone Center | Tianjin | 2016 |
185 m / 607 ft |
N/A | Office |
| 43 | 175 Wynford Tower 3 | Toronto | - |
178 m / 585 ft |
55 | Residential |
| 44 | Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 2 | Chengdu | - |
173 m / 568 ft |
46 | Serviced Apartments |
| 45 | Chengdu Greenland Center Tower 3 | Chengdu | - |
166 m / 545 ft |
43 | Serviced Apartments |
| 46 | Shenzhen Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center Tower B | Shenzhen | 2014 |
158 m / 517 ft |
34 | Residential |
| 47 | PPA 30 Parcel 3.10 | Riyadh | - |
138 m / 453 ft |
30 | Residential / Office / Retail |
| 48 | The Crystal at Waterfront Square | Vancouver | - |
114 m / 374 ft |
26 | Office |
| 49 | K2 | Chicago | 2013 |
112 m / 366 ft |
33 | Residential |
| 50 | PPA 30 Parcel 5.03 Tower 1 | Riyadh | - |
105 m / 344 ft |
26 | Residential / Office |
| 51 | Kazakhstan Pavilion and Science Museum | Astana | 2017 |
100 m / 328 ft |
8 | Museum |
| 52 | Al Wasl Plaza Dome | Dubai | 2021 |
67 m / 221 ft |
N/A | Office |
| 53 | Rove Expo City North Tower | Dubai | 2021 |
55 m / 180 ft |
12 | Hotel |
| 53 | Rove Expo City South Tower | Dubai | 2021 |
55 m / 180 ft |
12 | Hotel |
| 55 | Al Wasl Plaza Building 1 | Dubai | 2021 |
50 m / 163 ft |
10 | Office |
| 55 | Al Wasl Plaza Building 3/10 | Dubai | 2021 |
50 m / 163 ft |
10 | Office |
| 55 | Al Wasl Plaza Building 5 | Dubai | 2021 |
50 m / 163 ft |
10 | Office |
| 58 | Meraas Tower | Dubai | - |
- |
112 | Hotel / Office |
| 59 | Forbes International Tower | Cairo | - |
- |
57 | Office |
Statistics
Average Building Age*
6 Years
Most Common Function*
Mixed-use (38%)
Most Common Material*
Concrete (50%)
* Based on 150 m+ buildings currently in the database
Based on 13 buildings over 150 m height
with a function
Based on 12 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 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 Future Leaders Committee, Chicago, 2019 – Present
Katrina Fernandez Nova
Director, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present
Peter Weismantle
Director of Supertall Building Technology, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
CTBUH Women Rising Committee, 2025 – Present
Michelle Swanson
Director, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
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.
28 March 2018
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...
30 October 2017
Quay Quarter Tower: Humanizing the High-Rise
Quay Quarter Tower (QQT) will create a stunning new building on the Sydney skyline that sets new benchmarks in office tower design globally and creates...
16 March 2017
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...
16 March 2017
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...
20 October 2016
Singularly Slender: Sky Living in New York, Hong Kong, and Elsewhere
Thursday October 20, 2016. Hong Kong, China. Carol Willis of The Skyscraper Museum in New York City presents at the 2016 China Conference Plenary 7:...
19 October 2016
From San Diego to Guangzhou: The Story of Marketing Tall Buildings
One of the keys to attracting buyers and tenants for a contemporary tall building is a succinct marketing strategy and a robust understanding of how...
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18 October 2016
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah City and Jeddah Tower
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious project to construct the world’s tallest building, Jeddah Tower. Surrounding the kilometer-plus building will be...
18 October 2016
Jeddah Mall: The Connection Between Jeddah Tower and the Urban Environment
The Jeddah Economic City Mall and Exhibition Center is a multi-functional installation that rises up to the challenge of making the city walkable around the...
18 October 2016
Lighting the Next Tallest Building in the World, the Jeddah Tower
Following experience around the world with tall buildings and monuments, Pierre Marcout has sought to transmit his passion for highlighting monuments for new constructors and...
Research
22 December 2023
Remembering Charles H. Thornton, 2012 Fazlur Khan Lifetime Achievement Awardee
Charles Thornton & Richard Tomasetti
This edition of Talking Tall is an interview from the CTBUH archives. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat would like to remember Charles...
16 May 2023
The Economics of Record-Breaking Height
Jason Barr & Peter A. Weismantle
This paper reviews the development history of record-breaking skyscrapers to better understand their economics. Given how tall they are, the supposed reason for their construction...
22 August 2022
Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process
Tarek Hassan, Yehia El-Ezaby & Charles Malek, rector Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key...
12 January 2021
Interactive Study on Tall Buildings in 2020: COVID-19 Contributes To Dip in Year-On-Year Completions
CTBUH Research
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat has released its annual report, CTBUH Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2020, part of the Tall...
25 June 2020
Curtain Wall Façades on the New Generation of Supertall Buildings Present and Future Directions
Sae Hwang Oh, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Beginning in the late 19th century, construction of skyscrapers spread throughout Chicago, New York City, and then the world as demand of space in buildings...
20 March 2020
Interactive Study on The Tallest 20 in 2020: Then and Now
CTBUH Research
This research paper undertakes a review of the 2012 report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, “Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the...
28 December 2019
Tall Buildings of the Future as Seen From the Present
SawTeen See, Robert Bird Group Pty Ltd
Aerodynamic damping through the use of vertical long slots reduces the dynamic component of the wind loads on the building. Seminal examples include the three-legged...
28 October 2019
Fifty Years of Fire Safety In Supertall Buildings
Peter Weismantle, AS+GG; James Antell, Telgian Engineering & Consulting
As international design teams participated in the development of high-rise structures around the world, many of the concepts of fire-safe design first introduced in the...
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12 December 2018
Year in Review: Tall Trends of 2018
CTBUH Research
The astronomical growth in tall building construction observed over the past decade continued in 2018, though the total number of completed buildings of 200 meters’...
Global News
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15 September 2023
Firms Race to Finish the World’s Tallest Tower in Jeddah
The company responsible for constructing the Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia has restarted work on the project and has compiled a list of contractors who...
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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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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...
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
CTBUH President Antony Wood sits on Jury for the International Architectural Design Competition for Nanjing Jiangbei New Financial Center II
21 November 2021
On November 21, 2021, CTBUH President Antony Wood sat on the jury panel for the International Architectural Design Competition for Nanjing Jiangbei New Financial Center II. Eight internationally renowned architectural design firms – Archilier, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, Arata Isozaki, Büro Ole Scheeren, HKS, GOA, MVRDV, and SPARK Architects - presented innovative proposals for Jiangbei New Area.
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.
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