An exhibition in Seville, Spain, highlights the collaboration between architects and engineers that is at the core of SOM’s design practice. On view at the School of Architecture at the University of Seville, “Interconexiones: Arquitectura e Ingeniería en SOM” tells the story of interdisciplinary practice through exemplary projects from the 1960s to today. The show continues a series of exhibitions focused on structural engineering that was most recently presented at the University of Alcalà, near Madrid.

The connection joints, or nodes, in SOM-designed buildings often reveal the fundamental architectural and structural challenges that the team sought to resolve. The exhibition focuses on seven of these nodes. Each node is a substantial work of design in itself; it can also be seen as a part that gives insight about the whole. In examining the detail, we can extrapolate a larger story about each project, as well as SOM’s design process.

The exhibition features 1:2 scale models of the connection joints from five notable built projects. It also features a lineup of 21 structural models at 1:500 scale, showcasing SOM’s innovative engineering solutions for buildings of a variety of types and scales: JTI Headquarters in Geneva, Exchange House in London, John Hancock Center and Willis Tower in Chicago, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and more.

A series of lectures will accompany the exhibition:

• On Wednesday, March 18, Mark Sarkisian, SOM Structural and Seismic Engineering Partner, will present a lecture to inaugurate the exhibition.
• On April 17, Margarita Calero, SOM Associate Principal, will speak about integrated design at SOM in conversation with Francisco Javier Terrados Cepeda, Architectural Design Professor at Seville School of Architecture.
• For the closing lecture (date to be confirmed), Edward Guerra and Abel Diaz, SOM Associate Principals, will place the themes of the exhibition in context with architecture and engineering in Latin America, including the work of Felix Candela.

“Interconexiones: Arquitectura e Ingeniería en SOM”
On view: March 18 to May 17, 2026
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Opening lecture with Mark Sarkisian: March 18, 1:30 p.m.
Lecture and conversation with Margarita Calero: April 17, 1 p.m.
Closing lecture with Edward Guerra and Abel Diaz: Date to be confirmed

Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla (ETSA)
Avenida Reina Mercedes no. 2
41012 Sevilla