SOM’s charge for the design of Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago was the creation of an innovative high-rise in a high-profile location. The Trump Tower project benefits from SOM’s interdisciplinary approach to architecture, planning, and structural engineering, as well as from SOM's ability to recognize and deal with evolving socioeconomic trends, thus enabling its clients to adjust to changing market trends.

Project Facts

Completion Year: 2009
Site Area: 153,685 ft²
Project Area: 2,600,000 ft²
Building Height: 1,388.50 ft
Number of Stories: 92

Project Awards

2011 • Structural Engineers Association of Illinois • Excellence in Structural Engineering: Most Innovative Structure
2010 • Americas Commercial Property Awards • The Architecture Award (Mixed Use) Americas
2010 • Americas Commercial Property Awards • The Architecture Award (Mixed Use) USA
2010 • Chicago Athenaeum • American Architecture Award
2010 • Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute • Design Award
2010 • Friends of Downtown • Best New Building Award
2010 • Illinois Society of Professional Engineers - Chicago Chapter • Chicagoland Excellence in Engineering Project Award: Structural Division
2009 • Chicago Architecture Foundation • Patron of the Year
2009 • Chicago Building Congress • Merit Award
2009 • Construction Industry Service Corporation • Project of the Year: New Construction
2009 • CTBUH • Best Tall Building Americas: Finalist
2009 • Midwest Construction • Project of the Year: Mutlifamily Residential
2009 • Midwest Construction • Project of the Year: Overall