Oro Editions Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go?

As architects of the next world’s tallest tower and several others now under construction, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture’s Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go? draws from projects completed from 2007 to 2020 to explore the design, sustainability, innovative technology, programming, and site contextualism that defines supertall and megatall towers AS+GG is a leader in supertall building design and technology and have collaborated with clients across the globe to design many of the tallest and highest-performing buildings in the world. AS+GG has designed several highly sustainable supertall and megatall towers that are now under construction including Jeddah Tower, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1,000+ meters), will be the next tallest building in the world when completed in 2025 Of the top 100 supertall and megatall buildings that are built or under construction, the AS+GG team has designed ten buildings: Jeddah Tower (1); Burj Khalifa (2); Wuhan Greenland Center (4); South HeXi Yuzui Tower (15); Central Park Tower (20); Chengdu Greenland Center (21); Zifeng Tower (28); Akhmat Tower (39); Trump Tower (46); Jin Mao Tower (47) Drawing from the unique design experience at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) as architects of the next world’s tallest tower and several others under construction, Supertall | Megatall: How High Can We Go? highlights the design, sustainability, innovative technology, programming, and contextualism that defines supertall and megatall towers. The book is a mixture of under construction and design-only projects divided into several chapters that are organised according to their special characteristics: Innovative Systems, Harnessing Energies, Designing an Icon, Extending Ecologies, and Achieving Megatall. Each project, completed between 2007–2020 at AS+GG, is discovered through context, program, form, research and development, and performance, highlighting the stories, challenges, and lessons learned.