Convention & Exhibition

SOM’s approach to convention and exhibition center design appreciates the contribution a major public facility can make to the vitality of a city. Convention centers are significant community assets and catalysts for development, job creation, and consumption of local goods and services. They also serve as architectural symbols of a community and, as such, should reinforce a region’s sense of place.

The firm has designed award-winning convention, exhibition and trade centers of all sizes for cities across the globe, giving SOM a unique and a specialized background. With this comprehensive understanding, SOM offers an important perspective on how these facilities can be woven into the urban fabric of a community and utilized to effect improvements on a large scale.