No development in engineering better embodies the modern world than the skyscraper. Born out of a messy conflux of aesthetic, economic, and structural needs, skyscrapers are a dominant fixture of ...

“The building seems... not without nationalistic embarrassment, dumb--a meathead tower.” Mankind’s Greatest Architectural Achievements Since Prehistory Pop Chart Lab's latest infographic charts the ...

Recently, architects Gordon Gill and Adrian Smith sat down with Bloomberg Business Week to talk about designing the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, in Dubai. The duo also discussed the ...

First there was the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, then the Taipei Financial Center in Taiwan, and now the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, of all places, is the world’s tallest skyscraper, more than twice as ...

William Baker, P.E., the structural engineering partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, worked on three of the five tallest buildings that topped out in 2009. Bill Baker, P.E. But his (to-date) ...

Znera Space, an architecture company has some ambitious plans for Dubai. The company has developed a design for a high-rise building that surrounds the Burj Khalifa, according to designboom. A yacht ...

Alfred Smith was picking through women’s clothing at a wholesale warehouse in Los Angeles to find merchandise for his San Clemente department store named after his youngest son, Adrian. But the ...

Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower: Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Tower, expected to be completed by August 2028, is set to become the world’s tallest building. Designed by renowned architects Adrian Smith and ...

Billionaire Russian developer Vladislav Doronin has selected Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture to design one of his Brickell condo towers. The project will mark the first in Miami ...