Adrian Smith

American architect (born 1944)

Person human Q374276

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: August 19, 1944
Place of birth: Chicago
Country of citizenship: United States^[4]
Occupation: architect
Educated at: University of Illinois Chicago, University of British Columbia^[5]^[6]
Notable work: Burj Khalifa, Jeddah Tower, Jin Mao Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Pearl River Tower^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Work location: Dubai, Jeddah, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chicago^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[26]
Family name: Smith^[15]
Given name: Adrian^[16]
Has works in the collection: Art Institute of Chicago^[25]
Member of: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture^[12]
Movement: postmodern architecture^[14]
Name in native language: Adrian D. Smith^[23]
Owner of: Wuhan Greenland Center^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 18

ISNI: 0000000078782592
VIAF cluster ID: 68668403
Library of Congress authority ID: no2005079810
GND ID: 132781972
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Adrian Smith crop.jpg ↗
ARTIC artist ID: 36713
ArchINFORM person/group ID: 31538
Artists of the World ID: 489b4d02-7683-47cf-9b2c-1c68f4729713
BBC Things ID: ebcf5f55-c22a-4a1f-a2f1-c299532f00f7
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): SmithAdrianD(AdrianDevaun)1944-
FAST ID: 1621202
Freebase ID: /m/0czyqk

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IdRef ID: 18543150X
Munzinger person ID: 00000028132
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987013252622205171
Prabook ID: 673058
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJktq3Grgt9bkyxgGRcgKd
Yale LUX ID: person/2a378f8b-c3e6-4d37-bec1-344b57ff1b37

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🔗 Connections

← Architect 6

Burj Khalifa, Jeddah Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Central Park Tower, Zhongzhou Holdings Financial Center, Chengdu Greenland Tower

Notable work 5

Burj Khalifa, Jeddah Tower, Jin Mao Tower, Trump International Hotel and Tower, Pearl River Tower

Work location 5

Chicago, Shanghai, Dubai, Guangzhou, Jeddah

Educated at 2

University of British Columbia, University of Illinois Chicago

Belongs to 1

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Smith

Given name 1

Adrian

Has works in the collection 1

Art Institute of Chicago

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Movement 1

postmodern architecture

Occupation 1

architect

Owned entities 1

Wuhan Greenland Center

Owner of 1

Wuhan Greenland Center

Part of 1

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Place of birth 1

Chicago

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Adrian Smith was born on August 19, 1944^[1], in Chicago^[2]. He has worked as an architect^[3].

FAQs

Where was Adrian Smith born?

Adrian Smith was born in Chicago^[2].

What did Adrian Smith do for work?

Adrian Smith worked as an architect^[3].

Where did Adrian Smith go to school?

Adrian Smith was educated at University of Illinois Chicago^[5] and University of British Columbia^[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Adrian Smith — place of birth (P19): Chicago. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Adrian Smith — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Adrian Smith — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Adrian Smith — educated at (P69): University of Illinois Chicago. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Adrian Smith — educated at (P69): University of British Columbia. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Adrian Smith — occupation (P106): architect. archINFORM. Retrieved 2026-05-05. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Adrian Smith — movement (P135): postmodern architecture. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Adrian Smith — member of (P463): Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Adrian Smith — date of birth (P569): August 19, 1944. Munzinger Personen. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Adrian Smith — family name (P734): Smith. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Adrian Smith — given name (P735): Adrian. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Adrian Smith — notable work (P800): Burj Khalifa. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Adrian Smith — notable work (P800): Jeddah Tower. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Adrian Smith — notable work (P800): Jin Mao Tower. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Adrian Smith — notable work (P800): Trump International Hotel and Tower. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Adrian Smith — notable work (P800): Pearl River Tower. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Adrian Smith — work location (P937): Dubai. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Adrian Smith — work location (P937): Jeddah. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Adrian Smith — work location (P937): Guangzhou. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Adrian Smith — work location (P937): Shanghai. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Adrian Smith — work location (P937): Chicago. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Adrian Smith — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-23. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Adrian Smith — name in native language (P1559): Adrian D. Smith. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Adrian Smith — owner of (P1830): Wuhan Greenland Center. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Adrian Smith — has works in the collection (P6379): Art Institute of Chicago. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Adrian Smith — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2021-02-06. wikidata.org.

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16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987013252622205171

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Citizenship → —

Sex or gender → male

Educated at → University of Illinois Chicago, University of British Columbia

Given name → Adrian

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