Internationally, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) is committed to designing high-performance, energy-efficient, and sustainable architecture. The firm approaches each project, regardless of size or scope, with an understanding that architecture has a unique power to influence civic life. They endeavor to create designs that benefit society, advance modern technology, protect the environment, and inspire those around us to better the world. The mission of their office is to develop new paradigms for sustainable development. They employ a holistic, integrated approach to design that emphasizes a symbiotic relationship with the natural environment; they call this philosophy “global environmental contextualism.”
This method, which takes into account building orientation, daylighting, wind power generation, solar absorption, and a site’s geothermal properties, represents a fundamental shift in the design process, in which form influences performance. It is premised on the understanding that everything within the built and natural environment is interconnected, and that the design of a building should derive from an appreciation of its role within this context — locally, regionally, and globally. Source: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
