Major projects at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture:
Expo-2017
Master Planning and Architecture for 174 hectare international exposition site features exhibition and cultural pavilions (118,620 sm); a residential development (686,000 sm); service areas including shopping, socio-cultural, educational and civic facilities; and site-wide parks (72,000 sm). Astana, Kazakhstan
Confidential Mixed-Use Tower
Confidential, mixed-use tower will include a prominent retail tenant, hotel, residential and amenities. Hotel will include dramatic sky lobby; top floors of residences will feature stunning city and park views. New York, New York
FKI Tower
Interiors; 50 story, 240 meter tower in downtown Seoul will provide the headquarters for the Federation of Korean Industries. The Class A office building also includes dining facilities, theater and conference center and rooftop garden. Seoul, Korea
Wuhan Greenland Center
119-story, 606-meter tall, 300,000 sm mixed-use tower features 50 office floors, 17 residential floors and 22 hotel floors and four club levels, four sky lobbies, and multiple mechanical floors. Wuhan, China
Chengdu Greenland Tower
468-meter, mixed-use tower features a conference center, offices, a hotel, executive residential apartments and rooftop garden. Chengdu, China
Jeddah Tower
The next tallest building in the world, this tower will feature a luxury hotel, office space, serviced apartments, luxury condominiums and the world’s highest observatory.
Gang Xia Tower
198-meter, 43-story tower in Shenzhen’s Futian Central District, with views to the adjacent Civic Center Park and a series of high performance solar shades. Shenzhen, China
Vantone Center Tianjin
185-meter tower consists of 64,000 square-meters of above-grade Class A office and high-end retail space, along with an additional 30,000 square meters of below-grade retail and parking. Also features a 27 meter-tall private club for building tenants at its top. Tianjin, China
K2 Apartments
Design of interior public spaces and four model apartments in 550 unit building. Stainless steel, glass, and stone are used in combination with soft textiles and warm woods to create a sophisticated, urban environment attractive to the building’s youthful residents. Chicago, Illinois
Hotel Atlantic
Architectural competition entry for world-class resort destination. Design for 35-story residential and 35-story hotel towers features a canopy veil that frames the buildings, extending off the towers by 10 meters on each side. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Crown Sydney Hotel
Architectural competition entry for hotel and residential towers designed to reach a 5-Star ranking within the GreenStar performance category. The design’s sustainable strategies include optimised orientation, self-shading balconies and a high-performance facade. Overall, the design has a 60% reduction in emissions compared to similar developments.
Sanya Haitang Bay Resort
The luxurious development will consist of two separate hotels, luxury villas and a condo hotel tower, set within a sustainable master plan. Hainan Island, China
Feinberg School of Medicine Competition
111,483 sm design for competition entry set within the urban context of the Streeterville Northwestern Campus. The layered massing approach builds upon this tradition, where form does follow function, expressing offices, labs, collaborative program elements and a solar spine as a series of differentiated layers or vertical blades of glass that give scale, texture and meaning to this landmark 21st Century high rise laboratory building. Chicago, Illinois
Hilal Tower
138 m mixed-use tower includes four levels below grade for retail, parking and support areas. The tower features residential, office and retail at ground and higher levels. Sustainable elements include district cooling, solar hot water, energy-efficient lighting and equipment, a greywater system and highly efficient MEP Systems. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahlamana
Mixed-use 74.5 m and 105 m residential and office towers consisting of 5,612 sm of area. The program includes four to five below-grade levels for partial storage, parking and support areas. Sustainable elements include district cooling, solar hot water, energy-efficient lighting and equipment, a greywater system and highly efficient MEP Systems. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
OCT Shenzhen Development
Sustainable mixed-use corridor features adaptive reuse of existing power plant, which will be the centerpiece for the new development. This readapted building will be a showcase for passive power production and sustainable practices including rainwater collection, wind and solar power generation and recycling as well as a central hub for a network or pedestrian and bicycle pathways. Shenzhen, China
Shenzhen Shangsha
A four tower complex in the Futian District that includes a 300 m mixed-use office/hotel tower, a 300 m office tower and two 200 m towers featuring live-work “officetel” units. Shenzhen, China
Steppenwolf Theater Campus Expansion
Architectural design for major Chicago theater company which includes renovations and additions to existing structure. Chicago, Illinois
Qintai International Center
Interior Design for winning competition entry. Project includes 248 meter, high-performance tower and related podium structure as well as hotel and office space for the client CNTC Hubei Provincial Tobacco Corporation. Wuhan, China
Dancing Dragons
A twin tower scheme of 450 m and 330 m tall towers that proposes a new paradigm for super tall residential typologies. The performative design creates opportunities for views, daylighting, natural ventilation and other experiences. Seoul, Korea
La Perouse Development
Mixed-use 54,500 square-meter multifunctional complex with double-wall skin includes residential, administrative offices, sports complex, two restaurants, maintenance services and underground parking for 300 vehicles. Sakhalin Island, Russia
Kellogg School of Management
Competition design for new global center for Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Scheme features state of the art learning environments, grand gathering spaces with views of Lake Michigan and a number of faculty and administrative offices. Evanston, Illinois
Beijing Franshion Development
Master planning, architectural and interior design of mixed-use development in Beijing’s Central Business District featuring residential, retail, educational and recreational facilities. Beijing, China
Masdar HQ Development
Interiors; Positive Energy building (generating more energy than it consumes) in zero carbon, zero waste city outside of Abu Dhabi. Project includes office and residential space, retail, transit circulation and incorporates landscaped green space. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Verde Residences
49-story, 1.35 million sf luxury residential tower, including duplex townhouses, 4 stories of office space and retail along a harbor promenade. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Verde Offices
32-story, 820,000 sf office tower featuring including verdant sky gardens and podium offices. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
1 Dubai
Three-tower, supertall megastructure includes luxury hotels, condominiums, offices, retail and cultural facilities. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Major projects at Marvin Herman and Associates:
Loyola University Chicago
Multi-million dollar renovation of the Madonna Della Strada Chapel interior. Inclusive of entirely new finishes, lighting, audio/visuals and mechanicals, custom designed art work and furnishings.
President’s Office for Loyola University Chicago, Lewis Towers
Complete renovation of two floors of office space including meeting room spaces, private and open offices. This project involved complete fit out but selection of all furnishings for all offices, meeting rooms and open office planning as well as coordination of all data, audio visual and lighting. This project also involved the full historic renovation and furnishings for a large scale ballroom inclusive of coordination of all data, audio visual and lighting. Chicago, Illinois
Jmb Realty/Gem Investments
High end renovations to executive office suites, conference rooms, reception lobby. The spaces involved many custom millwork and furniture pieces. Lighting and custom art pieces were created for the space. Project also included planning and selection of all custom and open office furniture systems. Chicago, Illinois
Capital First Realty
High end renovations to executive office suites, conference rooms, and reception lobby. This was a new complete fit out in an existing high rise and included custom furniture and decoration. Project also included planning and selection of all custom and open office furniture systems. Chicago, Illinois
Unext
An internet start-up company mid-size office. This project involved custom furniture selection and development with a large office furniture system manufacturer. All of the office systems, open office and enclosed offices were customized featuring a great deal of flexibility as requested by the client. The overall environment was to be open and adaptive to a constantly expanding and evolving company. Deerfield, Illinois
Trabert and Hoeffer Jewelers
A new stand alone Jewelry store in a high end shopping street in Chicago. The project involved the architecture on a new building and included the interior design which, per the client’s request, was designed in an art deco style based on a sole photograph of their first store. The finishes and lighting systems were very high end. Chicago, Illinois
Private Residence
As featured in Architectural Digest, this large-scale highrise apartment was a total custom fit-out. Selection of all finishes, detailing, MEP and Lighting to create a truly custom environment for this Chicago businessman. Due to the size of the apartment, complicated commercial lighting systems, audio visual controls, security systems were designed to a state of the art level. High end and exotic finishes added to the complexity of the project making this in the end a truly unique environment for our client. Chicago, Illinois
Private Residence
New construction of a 30,000 square-foot residence on the Pacific Ocean. Inclusive of all Architecture and Interior Design. House was designed to hold a major art collection as well as being open up to the tropical surroundings. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Urban Realty Properties
Conducted space planning and interiors for high end condominium projects in Chicago and Los Angeles. Involved in all aspects of unit planning, finish selections and detailing for multi million dollar condominiums.
Teng
Conducted space planning and interiors for high end condominium projects in Chicago. Involved in all aspects of unit planning, finish selections and detailing for multi-million dollar condominiums.
Fifield Properties
Conducted space planning and interiors for high end condominium projects in Los Angeles. Involved in all aspects of unit planning, finish selections and detailing for multi-million-dollar condominiums.
