The City of Chicago has selected Englewood Connect, a project led by SOM and TnS Studio, and developers McLaurin Development Partners and Farpoint Development, to create an incubator for small businesses and entrepreneurs in Chicago's South Side.
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Alongside partners Noam Gonick, Rebecca Belmore, and HTFC Planning & Design, SOM has been selected as one of five teams to propose designs for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument in Ottawa, Canada.
3/1/21
SOM and AEC Industry Leaders Call on Biden Administration to Take Action on Green Building Policy
SOM is proud to join a coalition of leading architecture, engineering, and construction companies in recommending immediate actions the Biden-Harris Administration can take to combat climate change during their first 100 days in office.
The University of California, Merced has announced that all 11 buildings included in the university's recently completed 2020 Project—an ambitious public-private partnership that nearly doubled the campus footprint—have been awarded LEED Platinum certification.
Designed by SOM, the Moynihan Train Hall completely reimagines the travel experience at the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere, and evokes the architectural heritage of New York’s original Pennsylvania Station.
The new 185,000-square-foot museum walks visitors through every generation of the United States Army and celebrates the story of the individual soldier. SOM's design, with a facade of stainless steel panels, expresses a precision that evokes the ideals of discipline, modesty, and rigorousness.
The new Cyber Studies Building, Hopper Hall, is the U.S. Armed Forces’ first academic building devoted to the study of cyber security, and the first structure named after a woman at a major U.S. service academy.
Vacant for decades, the former Cook County Hospital has been transformed into a hotel, food hall, medical office, and community spaces by SOM.
SOM and Fender Katsalidis have won the international design competition for a landmark project at Sydney’s Central Station. The development seeks to rejuvenate the city’s busiest transport interchange with a new, vibrant public realm, and bring two tech-focused office towers with the world’s first AI-driven facade system, powered by 100 percent renewable energy, to the Central Business District.
SOM has teamed with Italian lighting designer Neri to create a contemporary outdoor lighting collection for city streets, squares, and parks. Manufactured in Italy, the series will go into production in July 2020.
6/29/20
Events, People, Press Releases
Lower Eastside Girls Club Unveiled Center for Wellbeing and Happiness at Virtual Gala
On June 25th , the Lower Eastside Girls Club (LESGC) hosted a Virtual Gala unveiling the Center for Wellbeing and Happiness, the expansion to the organization’s current headquarters on East 8th Street and Avenue D in Manhattan. The project was designed pro-bono by SOM, and adds 5,000 square feet of new space to the organization’s headquarters.
The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 SOM Foundation Research Prize. Two university-led teams will each receive a grant of $40,000 to conduct original research on the topic “Shrinking our Agricultural Footprint.”
On February 27th, 2020, Associate Director Georgi Petrov and senior architectural designer Daniel Inocente will lead a graduate seminar at the Department of Civil Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. In a presentation titled "Architecture in the Age of a New Frontier," they will discuss the future of designing for space exploration.
A major milestone was reached at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) Airport’s new International Arrivals Facility in January. The long-awaited center span of a massive aerial walkway was moved down the airport’s center runway and lifted into place, setting the record for the longest structure over an active taxi lane in the world, coming in at 780 feet long.
On Wednesday, January 22nd, SOM joined the European Space Agency (ESA) to sign a Memorandum of Collaboration (MOC) at ESA’s headquarters in Paris. The announcement—signed by Colin Koop, Design Partner at SOM, and Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General of ESA—will expand the scope of SOM and ESA’s existing research into longterm habitation on the Moon.