Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go

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Drawing from the unique design experience at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) as architects of the next worlds tallest tower and several others under construction, Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go highlights the design, sustainability, innovative technology, programming, and contextualism that defines supertall and megatall towers.

The book is a mixture of under construction and design-only projects divided into several chapters that are organised according to their special characteristics: Innovative Systems, Harnessing Energies, Designing an Icon, Extending Ecologies, and Achieving Megatall. Each project, completed between 20072020 at AS+GG, is discovered through context, program, form, research and development, and performance, highlighting the stories, challenges, and lessons learned.

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"If supertall skyscrapers were Oscars -- and in many ways, they are -- Adrian Smith would have an untouchable record as Best Director. First as a design parter at SOM, and since 2006 as co-founder of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, he has led the teams for more of the world's tallest towers than anyone on the planet. In this collection he explains how it's done." --Carol Willis, Founding Director, The Skyscraper Museum

Author Bio

The Partners of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill, and Robert Forest are globally recognised as leaders in the profession of architecture. They have presented at dozens of international industry events and conferences; and have lectured at universities across the world. Their works have been exhibited at the Skyscraper Museum and the Center for Architecture, both in New York, the Chicago Architecture Center, Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Their drawings and sketches can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute Chicago and the V&A Museum in London.

Projects under their direction have been awarded more than 150 design awards including dozens of international design and sustainability awards, nine National AlA awards, 35 Illinois AIA and Chicago AIA awards, and three ULI Awards for Excellence, as well as several Progressive Architecture Design Awards. Adrian, Gordon, and Bobs work has been featured hundreds of publications including pieces in Architectural Record, Architect Magazine, Architectural Digest, the Architects Newspaper, Chicago Magazine, the New York Times, Popular Science, and Wallpaper. The firm has published several notable books as well.