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World's tallest towers: Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill discuss designing Burj Khalifa, Kingdom Tower

World's tallest towers: Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill discuss designing Burj Khalifa, Kingdom Tower

Adrian Smith talks about leaving SOM at age 62 and founding his own firm with Gordon Gill


By BD+C Staff | March 25, 2014

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 founding of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architects and the design of the next world's tallest, Kingdom Tower, which will top the Burj Khalifa by as much as a kilometer.

Read the full interview here.

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