On October 30th, 2018, SOM's G-Cubed project received a Citation Award in the 2018 AIA Los Angeles Design Awards. G-Cubed is a gym and rooftop garden amenity space built on top of an existing seven-story parking garage in Century City, California.
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Archinect reports on AIA Chicago's 2018 Design Excellence Awards. The SOM-designed Optimo Hat Company won the Honor Award in the Interior Architecture category and the Elgin Laundry Building Study received an Honor Award in the Unbuilt Forward category.
The Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) honored three SOM projects with three Design Excellence Awards. The award winners were announced at the 63rd annual Designight ceremony at the Navy Pier Aon Grand Ballroom on October 26th, 2018.
The Innovation Partnership Building at the University of Connecticut has been honored with an Award of Excellence in the AIA Connecticut Chapter's 2018 Design Awards. The building was designed to serve as a bridge between academia and industry.
Roche Diagnostics' Suzhou Campus has been named a "Best Innovative Green Building" in the 2018 MIPIM Asia Awards. The annual awards program recognizes exemplary projects in the property industry across the Asia Pacific region.
SOM's Carlos Madrid III has been selected as one of the jurors for the 40th Annual Interiors Awards presented by Contract magazine. The awards program honors projects across 16 professional project categories, including one category for student design projects.
Interior Design has listed the Valli & Valli Alina Hardware Collection as a competitor for a Best of Year award. The collection, a series of door handles designed for flexibility across program functions, is the result of comprehensive research and survey analysis. Public voting runs through October 20th, 2018.
The Roche Diagnostics Learning and Development Center has been honored with an Honor Award in the 2018 AIA Indiana Design Awards. The building’s simplicity, efficiency, and adherence to sustainability standards reinforce Roche Diagnostics’ corporate ethos through an architectural lens.
On September 6th, 2018, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) honored the Monterey Conference Center renovation project with the Architectural Engineering Project of the Year award. SOM’s design restored the 40-year-old facility into a hub of activity in the coastal community's downtown.
On September 13th, the Illinois chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers presented Optimo Hat Company with a First Place 2018 Design Excellence Award in the retail category. The awards program honors exemplary interior design projects and recognizes the social impact interior design has on users.
Janet Echelman's sculpture"Dream Catcher" has been honored in the 2018 CODAawards, which recognize outstanding collaborations between architects and artists. SOM worked with Echelman to create the large-scale net sculpture, suspended above a public plaza at The Jeremy Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
The AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice recognized two SOM projects in the 2018 Justice Facilities Review Awards. The Superior Court of California in San Diego received a Citation, while the New United States Courthouse in Los Angeles was selected for publication.
In the AIA California Council's 2018 Design Awards, two SOM projects received recognition. Tenaya Towers at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Geffen Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles both received Merit Awards.
Three SOM projects—252 East 57th Street, Lexicon, and Hangzhou Wangchao Center—have been selected as finalists in the 2018 ABB Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF) Awards. The winners will be announced at an award ceremony on October 18th, 2018, in Frankfurt, Germany.
350 Mission Street has won a 2018 Honor Award from the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI). The project was recognized for its innovative use of steel reinforced concrete to improve the structure's value, sustainability, appearance, and durability.