Nationality American Role Architect Name George Efstathiou | Occupation Architect | |
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Practice Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP Structures Burj Khalifa, Cayan Tower, Rolex Tower Similar People William F Baker, Ross Wimer, Marshall Strabala, Adrian Smith, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan | ||
CTBUH 9th Annual Awards - Efstathiou & Baker,"Burj Khalifa: A New Typology for Tall Buildings"
George J. Efstathiou, FAIA, RIBA is an American architect of Greek descent. George has been with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP (SOM) since 1974, and is a Consulting Partner in the Chicago office.
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- CTBUH 9th Annual Awards Efstathiou BakerBurj Khalifa A New Typology for Tall Buildings
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As Managing Partner at SOM, George has led numerous mixed-use projects throughout the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China, Hungary, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. George lectures frequently on projects, particularly the Burj Khalifa.
When George’s career with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP began in 1974, his first 10 years with the firm focused primarily on domestic projects, including work in Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago. George began his international focus in 1985, when he was a part of the SOM team that designed a 6,000,000-square-foot (560,000 m2) Broadgate project over the air rights of the Liverpool Street Station in London. In order to follow through of the management and execution of the Broadgate project, in 1989 George relocated from Chicago to live and work in London for two years. During his time in London, he studied and gained a full understanding, knowledge and experience of the U.K. practice methods and techniques for the delivery of professional architectural services which, next to the U.S. techniques, are widely used around the world. It is here where George was able to obtain his licensure in the U.K.