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A Tale of Two Buildings and the Passing of the Baton?

Chicago is architecturally famous as the home of some of the first skyscrapers, combining cutting-edge technology, real estate economics, and aesthetics.

Now while Chicago ponders if the Spire (Spanish architect, Irish developer) will ever rise on its waterfront, Chicago-based Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has been retained to design Masdar Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, combining cutting-edge technology, economics, and aesthetics.

Towering Ambition – Chicago Magazine

Smith + Gill Tapped for Ultra-Green Abu Dhabi Project – Architectural Record

Posted in Planning & Design.


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