Adrian Smith

Position Co-founder & partner, Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture

Biography American architect Adrian Smith has been involved in several of the region’s most iconic projects, most famously Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. He has also worked on the design of Kingdom Tower Jeddah, which is set to take over the title when completed in 2017. Elsewhere in the region, he worked on the design for the Masdar City headquarters, part of Abu Dhabi’s sustainability initiatives, and 1 Dubai, part of Meraas Development’s Jumeirah Garden City scheme. The latter may never be built as the project has been stalled since 2008. Prior to establishing Adrian Smith & Gordon Gill Architecture in 2006, Smith had been a design partner at Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill from 1980 to 2003 and a consulting design partner from 2004 to 2006. Projects designed by Smith have won more than 125 architecture awards, including global titles.

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