Adrian D. Smith | |
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| Born | August 19, 1944 |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois, Chicago, Texas A&M University, College Station |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture |
| Buildings | Burj Khalifa Jin Mao Tower Pearl River Tower Trump International Hotel & Tower Central Park Tower |
| Projects | Jeddah Tower Azerbaijan Tower |
Adrian Devaun Smith (born August 19, 1944) is an American architect. He designed the world's tallest structure, Burj Khalifa, as well as the building projected to surpass it, the Jeddah Tower. A long-time principal of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he founded his own architectural partnership firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago in 2006. Among his other projects, he was the senior architect for Central Park Tower in New York City, Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, and Zifeng Tower in Nanjing.