“The initial drawings, which weren’t much ... “Whenever you do a world’s tallest building, it’s different because you confront issues that you don’t know exist yet,” Smith says.

It held its distinction as the tallest building in the world for nearly 40 years, until 1970 when the north tower of the World Trade Center topped it out. Its gracefully stepped shape, a product ...

He also was involved in such notable projects as a new master plan for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and an expansion ...