Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.Xiamen Posts and Telecommunications Building Washington University Psychology BuildingĪT&T Corporate Center (currently Franklin Center)Ĭurrently under construction Project Washington University Arts and Sciences Building Millennium Park and Millennium Park Master Plan Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)Ĭanary Wharf, International banking headquarters buildings: HQ1, DS1, DS3, DS4 FC2 The following is an abridged list of work Smith was primarily responsible for as a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: or as Design Partner at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture.Ĭhicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. Smith's work at SOM has been featured in museums in the United States, South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He was the recipient of the CTBUH 2011 Lynn S. Projects Smith designed have won over 125 awards including 5 international awards, 9 National American Institute of Architects Awards, 35 State and Chicago AIA Awards, and 3 Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence. In 2008, he co-founded the MEP firm of PositivEnergy Practice (PEP), which specializes in the environmental engineering of high-performance, energy-efficient architecture. In 2006, he founded Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG), which is dedicated to the design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale. Smith spent many years at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Chicago, beginning in 1967 and was a Design Partner from 1980 to 2003 and a Consulting Design Partner from 2003 to 2006. In 2013, Smith was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters degree from Texas A&M University. He finished his education at the University of Illinois, Chicago College of Architecture and Arts, graduating in 1969. However, he did not graduate and instead started working for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) in 1967. Smith attended Texas A&M University, pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture while being involved with the Corps of Cadets. His interest in drawing led his mother to suggest that he study architecture. When he was four years old, his family moved to Southern California, where he grew up. Adrian Smith was born in Chicago in 1944.