But using creative construction methods and materials, Smith created a model for other churches to follow.
Steve Gillen, lead pastor at Willow Creek North Shore, said Smith's encouragement and enthusiasm about working with limitations “gripped our hearts.” Not many churches can afford an “Adrian Smith building,” he said, and not many architects of Smith's caliber would bother with a budget of $200 per square foot. We could use that with them to say, ‘You can get this done.' It was a message to all of us.” That was kind of an interesting thing for us because we knew they had a very low budget going in. “There's nothing you can't do if you have faith. “If your faith is smaller than a mustard seed, you can move mountains,” Smith said. Smith said the parable inspired more than the design, but the entire project. The 72,000-square-foot building design is inspired by the elliptical shape of a mustard seed, a biblical reference to Jesus' parable that teaches the smallest of all seeds on Earth can become the largest of all garden plants and faith works the same way. Because you never know where good ideas are going to come from or how they're going to surface, and this project was no different.”īest known for the 2,717-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which holds the title of world's tallest building, Smith, along with his colleagues at Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, designed Willow Creek North Shore, 2204 Shermer Road in Glenview, which is scheduled to open for worship and architectural tours in December. “I pray for wisdom and inspiration and guidance, not only for me but for all those who work with me. “Every project that I do, early in the project I (kneel) down with my wife and hold hands and pray for certain things,” Smith said in an interview from China where he has eight buildings under construction.
Next month, thousands, including Smith of Lake Forest, can seek God every Sunday at the newly designed Willow Creek North Shore, one of seven satellite campuses for Willow Creek, the evangelical megachurch based in South Barrington. Most of his masterpieces, including the tallest building in the world, reach toward the heavens as well.īut Smith's latest labor of love is a one-story building on a tight budget. When world-renowned architect Adrian Smith begins to draft the scheme for one of his towering buildings, he and his wife, Nancy, get on their knees and pray.
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