Brad Wilkins

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Brad Wilkins
Name	Brad Wilkins
Nationality	American
Birth date	July 26, 1976 (1976-07-26) (age 31)
Birth place	U.S.A.
Work
Practice name	Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Significant buildings	Pearl River Tower
Significant projects	Clean Technology Tower, Chicago

Pearl River Tower model

Brad Wilkins (born 1976) is an American architect. He is a senior designer at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture a firm that specializes in sustainable, large, mixed-use buildings^[1]. He has worked on the Chicago Olympic effort, the world's tallest building (the Burj Dubai), and the world's first zero energy supertall, the Pearl River Tower.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Education
- 1.2 Residences
2 Career
3 Architecture
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography

Brad Wilkins is the son of Utah Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Wilkins and Judge Diane W. Wilkins.

Brad Wilkins was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He trained with Rocco Yim in Hong Kong and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. And he graduated in 2004 from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design and in 2001 from the University of Utah's architecture program. He now works at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago.

[edit] Education

University of Pennsylvania (2004)
University of Utah (2001)

[edit] Residences

USA (1976-1994, 1998-2001, 2003-present)
China, Hong Kong (2002)
Andorra (1997)
Spain, Catalonia (1995-1996)^[2]

[edit] Career

Rocco Design Ltd. (2002)

Rocco Design Ltd. is a large, Hong Kong based, multi-disciplinary architectural firm. Among their more significant buildings is the 1,362 ft (415 m), 88 story International Finance Centre completed in 2003.^[3]

Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Chicago (2005-2006)

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is one of the largest and most influential architecture firms. SOM is a major international company. Its portfolio covers the whole range of modern styles and the firm has designed many of the world's tallest buildings including Burj Dubai, Sears Tower, Jin Mao Tower, and the John Hancock Center.^[4]

While at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in Chicago Brad worked on the Burj Dubai^[5](as of 4 July 2007, the world's tallest building)^[6] and the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid (he took part in the masterplanning of the venues and headed up the materplaning of the Olympic Stadium design). Also while at SOM, Brad was senior designer with Jeff Stafford on the Pearl River Tower under the design guidance of Gordon Gill^[7].

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Chicago (2006-present)

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) is an architecture firm and design firm based in Chicago. AS+GG was founded in Chicago in 2006, by Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill, and Robert Forest when they left the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM).^[8] AS+GG focuses on design of high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable architecture on an international scale.^[9]

After working with Adrian Smith, Gordon Gill, and Robert Forest at SOM, Brad became the first architect on staff at AS+GG in November 2006.

[edit] Architecture

Project	Type	Location	Status	Role	Notes
Clean Technology Tower	Supertall	Chicago	Project	Senior Designer	proposed supertall designed to eliminate its negative impact on the environment and potentially provide excess energy
Chicago 2016 Olympic USOC Bid	Urban Planning	Chicago	Project	Senior Designer	venue and urban planning team; Senior Designer in charge of olympic stadium
Pearl River Tower	Supertall	China	Under Construction	Senior Designer	designed with senior designer Jeff Stafford
Burj Dubai	Supertall	Dubai, U.A.E.	Under Construction	Design Team	world's tallest building and structure
Nanjing Greenland	Supertall	China	Under Construction	Design Team