5.16.24 – Chicago Speaker Series Event – Stories from a Life Designing Supertall Buildings – Peter A. Weismantle, Eta ’72
Join us for a special evening with
architect Peter Weismantle (Eta ’72),
who will present
“Stories from a Life Designing Tall Buildings.”
Significant others welcome!
Hosted by a generous brother of the Omega (University of Chicago), Alexander Senchak, Eta ’06 (Lehigh), President and Chair, Psi Upsilon Foundation
The Psi Upsilon Speaker Series at the Chicago Club
Generously sponsored by an anonymous brother of the Omega, and by Azimuth Engineering Group
Thursday, May 16, 2024 starts at 6:00 PM
Peter A. Weismantle FAIA RIBA , Eta ’72 (Lehigh) is the Consulting Director Supertall Building Technology with Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP .
Join us for a discussion about the future of skyscrapers and stories about his current and future projects.
More about Peter.
Peter A. Weismantle, AS+GG’s Director of Technical Architecture, is responsible for overseeing the development of AS+GG’s challenging and complex projects from onset to completion. He works in collaboration with the project team to develop the design of such technical elements as the building envelope, vertical transportation, and life safety systems, and to assure compliance with applicable building codes and standards. He is a recognized authority on the technical aspects of the architecture of tall and complex buildings; both nationally and internationally.
Peter has led the technical architecture of many of AS+GG’s international projects including Jeddah Tower, Wuhan Greenland Tower, and Greenland Tower Chengdu, all of which are now under construction. Recently Peter led the technical architecture of Al Wasl Plaza, the centerpiece of Expo City Dubai, which features a 150-meter diameter domed trellis with an immersive projection experience and Uptown Tower, a new 190,000 sm 72-story mixed-use building also in Dubai.
Before joining AS+GG in 2008, Peter was an Associate Partner in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where he served as Senior Technical Architect on several supertall towers, including Shanghai’s 88-story Jin Mao Tower and the 163-story, 828 meter (2,717 foot) tall Burj Khalifa, currently the world’s tallest building. He also collaborated on Ludgate Development, Broadgate Development and parts of Canary Wharf, all large mixed-use developments in London, as well as the 94-story Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.
Peter is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and the Façade Tectonics Institute. He is the past-Chairman of the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings, past-President of the Safety Glazing Certification Council, past-member of the Advisory Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and past-Chairman of the Height Committee, past-member of the Architectural Advisory Group of Underwriters Laboratories and member of the Otis Elevator Customer Advisory Board and the National Fire Prevention Association’s High Rise Building Safety Advisory Committee As well as a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Façade Tectonics Institute.
