15 March 2016 | Newcity
Design 50: Who Shapes Chicago 2016
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Richard Wilson
Architect/City Planner, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Richard Wilson’s very being is stitched together in urban fabric. As an architect and the lead of the City Design Practice at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Wilson’s practice is “focused on large-scale urban district development and redevelopment.” Given the global stature of AS+GG, Wilson’s fingerprints have been felt in emergent and historic cities worldwide. Closer to home, he’s completed two recent New York City-based master-planning projects: one for the United Nations Headquarters and one for the area around the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. But it’s in Chicago where Wilson has had the most dramatic impact. He’s contributed to some of the city’s most ambitious urban planning and design projects of recent vintage, including the Chicago Central Area Action Plan, Chicago Riverwalk Plan, the Chicago Lakeside Development and he spearheaded a pro-bono effort to design a community development plan for Pullman in the wake of its recent National Monument designation. “All the cool work in the world doesn’t really mean that much if you’re not working to make your hometown better too,” Wilson says.
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