Architizer highlights SOM-designed facades that challenge the capabilities of glass envelopes. The New United States Courthouse in Los Angeles, the Center for Character and Leadership Development, JTI Headquarters, and other projects are featured.
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6/9/17
JTI Headquarters Named Most Innovative Structure in 2017 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards
The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois recognized JTI Headquarters as Most Innovative Structure in the 2017 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards. Located in Geneva, the building demonstrates SOM’s commitment to integrated design, sustainability, and innovative workplace solutions.
The Architect's Newspaper examines the elements of workplace design that go beyond environmentalism to address user health and well-being. The WELL Building Standard® is outlined, with the SOM-designed JTI Headquarters cited as a case study for the WELL concepts of Air, Mind, and Fitness.
In its annual Top Giants issue, Interior Design magazine ranked SOM 16th on its list of the top 100 interiors practices in 2017. The magazine also named the SOM-designed JTI Headquarters as the year's most inspiring recent project.
Interior Design Magazine honored SOM's JTI Headquarters project in Geneva, Switzerland, with a 2016 Best of Year Award. The program, now in its 11th year, honors the most significant interior design projects around the world.
Chicago Public Library, Chinatown Branch and JTI Headquarters have been selected as 2016 finalists in Interior Design Magazine's Best of Year Awards. The program, now in its 11th year, honors the most significant interior design projects around the world.
Interior Design includes JTI Headquarters in a roundup of buildings with boundary-pushing facades. Clad in an innovative, high performance curtain wall system, the building's striking, cantilevered form maximizes usable space on a challenging site while providing access to a public interior courtyard.
Designed by SOM, JTI Headquarters has received an Award of Merit in the 2016 CODAawards. Presented annually by CODAworx, the awards honor design projects that demonstrate the most successful integration of commissioned art into an interior, architectural, or public space.
Interior Design magazine features the SOM-designed JTI Headquarters in Geneva. The design, which ranks among the most sustainable buildings in Europe, demonstrates SOM’s commitment to integrated design, sustainability, and innovative workplace solutions.