Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Infobox Architectural Practice


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name = Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
architects = Adrian Smith
Gordon Gill
Robert Forest
city = Chicago
founded = November 1, 2006
dissolved =
significant_buildings =
significant_projects = Masdar City Headquarters
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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is an architecture firm and design firm based in Chicago. AS+GG was founded in Chicago in 2006, by Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill, and Robert Forest when they left the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM).cite web | url = http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1006&articleID=385534 | title = Architect Magazine: Adrian Smith Leaves SOM, Longtime Skidmore partner bucks retirement to start new firm] Taking their experience on large, mixed-use projects [cite book | last = Smith | first = Adrian | title = The Architecture of Adrian Smith, SOM: Toward a Sustainable Future | publisher = Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd | year = 2007 | isbn = 1-86470-169-2 ] , Smith, Gill and Forest have decided to focus on design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale. [cite web
url = http://www.smithgill.com | title = Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecure: site description]

Adrian Smith's departure from SOM has been widely reported.cite web | url = http://www.architectmagazine.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=1006&articleID=385534 | title = Architect Magazine: Adrian Smith Leaves SOM, Longtime Skidmore partner bucks retirement to start new firm] [cite web | url = http://chicago.godengo.com/Chicago-Magazine/February-2007/A-New-Order/ | title = Chicago Magazine: A New Order] [cite web | url = http://sev.prnewswire.com/publishing-information-services/20061129/CGTU00628112006-1.html | title = PR Newswire: Designer of World's Tallest Tower Forms New Architecture Firm ] And Mr. Smith has several projects still under construction that were designed while at SOM including: Burj Dubai, 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 [cite web | url = http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/2006DEA/awards.asp?subID=265 | title = AIA Chicago: 2006 Citation of Merit] [cite web | url = http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/12/1201_id_awards/source/10.htm | title = Architecture Record and Business Week: 2007 Citation for Excellence Award] , Virginia Beach, Virginia. He also designed the Pearl River Tower,Guangzhou, China with Robert also working on the project [citation | last = Smith | first = Elizabeth | position = Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Programs | title = Sustainable Architecture in Chicago | work = Pearl River Tower | publisher = Museum of Contemporary Art | date = September 9, 2006 - January 7, 2007 | url = http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=52&syear=2006 ] .

According to the AS+GG website, they are working on several projects. One of these in Chicago is located at Franklin Point, four blocks south of the Sears Tower and reportedly convert|3500000|sqft|m2 at an estimated cost of $1.6 billion [cite web | url = http://chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=25443 | title = Crain's Chicago Business: Mega-plan for vacant site in South Loop] .

Though the start up of their firm appears to have had some rough moments (Smith had to pay $250K of salaries out of his own pocket to cover one rough spot) [cite web | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun_front0224feb24,0,2052343.story | title = Chicago Tribune: Sweet new start for architect Adrian Smith] , they have been commissioned for at least one ground-breaking building. Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has been chosen over SOM, Norman Foster, Atkins, and Helmut Jahn [cite web | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri_smith_0222feb22,0,6309892.story | title = Chicago Tribune: Green light for Chicago design] to design and build the Headquarters of Masdar City, a zero energy, zero carbon, zero waste city in the United Arab Emirates [cite web | url = http://www.meed.com/news/2008/02/masdar_appoints_us_firm_for_hq.html | title = Middle East Business Intelligence, United Arab Emirates: Masdar appoints US firm for headquarters] .

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) has grown substantially since its inception in November 2006 with only 7 employees. At the end of one year the firm employed 35. And as of April 2008 there are over 70 employees at AS+GG. [cite web | url = http://www.smithgill.com | title = Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecure: official website]

Current projects

*Development at Franklin Point, Chicago
*Masdar City Headquarters

References

External links

* [http://www.smithgill.com/ Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture official site]