In recognition of Gordon Bunshaft's birthday, ArchDaily highlights some of his most influential work, including Lever House, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Bunshaft, who worked at SOM from 1937 to 1979, was the firm's first design partner.
At a recent event titled "Preservation through Transformation," SOM Associate Director Frank Mahan discussed the firm's adaptive reuse and historic preservation work. New York YIMBY covers this event, including SOM's 510 Fifth Avenue and 28 Liberty.
Gordon Bunshaft was a brilliant but complex man — a master architect who who was widely admired despite his gruff disposition. Architectural historian and author Nicholas Adams profiles him in the new SOM Journal 9.
Architizer spotlights SOM's renovation and adaptive reuse of 510 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Originally designed as a bank branch for the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in 1954, the firm completed its careful update of the building in 2012.
Seminal architecture by SOM, including the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Building and McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, are featured in a photography exhibition now on view at the Carnegie Museum of Art. The show features the pioneering work of Ezra Stoller and other photographers.
2013 may be remembered as the year we began the battle against midcentury modern buildings in the name of energy efficiency. A new report explores the issue.
Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of SOM, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building's glass curtain wall and luminous interiors communicated a new transparency for financial institutions when completed in 1954. During renovation it was discovered that the key to the building's future lay in its past.
SOM has received three 2013 Design Awards in the architecture category from the New York Chapter of the AIA, more than any other firm this year. The prestigious awards program recognizes outstanding architectural design and honor the architects, clients, and consultants who work together to achieve design excellence.