On Tuesday, April 9th, Senior Consulting Design Partner Craig Hartman, FAIA, will present during the opening of Salone del Mobile, Milan’s annual design week. The lecture, sponsored by Abitare magazine, will be held at Casa Corriere. During his talk, titled “Designing Global Cities for a Shrinking Planet,” Hartman will discuss the innovations he and his SOM colleagues pursue … Continued
The Optimo Hat Company has been named a winner in the 46th Annual Interior Design Awards, led by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). The awards program celebrates outstanding, innovative interior design and interior architecture that encourages new ideas and techniques in the design and furnishing of interior spaces. Optimo is one of the leading makers of … Continued
The Moscone Center Expansion has been recognized as a 2018 Real Estate Deal of the Year by the San Francisco Business Times. The project, which opened in January 2019, was designed by SOM with Mark Cavagnero Associates. It was recognized for its functional and adaptable design, aesthetic integration with the surrounding neighborhood, and increasing economic impact on … Continued
The Milstein Center at Barnard College has been selected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Library Association (ALA) as a 2019 winner of the AIA/ALA Library Building Award. The annual national award program honors library designs around the world. The Milstein Center is a new kind of library. The design infuses a … Continued
Today, Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) unveiled the design for Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR Airport) Terminal 2, a new air travel hub in Bengaluru, India that reimagines the airport as a landscaped and serene transportation experience. Conceived by BIAL to be a terminal within a garden, and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), … Continued
Airport design is both an art and a science: the best terminals are not only functional, but also beautiful and awe-inspiring spaces. Millions of people pass through these terminals every day, yet few understand their inner workings as well as Roger Duffy and Derek A.R. Moore—design leaders at SOM who have conceptualized some of the … Continued
UC Hastings College of the Law celebrated the topping out of its newest academic facility in February 2019. Located at 333 Golden Gate Avenue, in San Francisco’s Civic Center and Tenderloin neighborhoods, the project is the first to be developed as part of the college’s emerging Urban Academic Village. The building’s design seeks to reimagine … Continued
An international movement is seeing the rise of beautifully designed cultural hubs. Clare Dowdy rounds up the best recent examples, from a library-farm to a tinkering lab’. . . . This is the first ever public library in West Loop, and the 81st branch in the city. It’s housed in two former TV studios buildings, … Continued
On Friday, March 15th, SOM Design Partner Chris Cooper spoke at City of Tomorrow, a real estate, architecture, and design summit at the 92nd Street Y (92Y) in New York. On a panel titled “Designing for Resiliency and the Transcendent in a Mega Urban World,” Cooper discussed the future of architecture and design in New York … Continued
Sofia Madden grew up in Minneapolis and would take family vacations to Chicago during the summer. She remembers sitting in the car for seven long, boring hours and then finally seeing Chicago’s skyline — with the John Hancock Center looming over it. “And that was the dominating force,” Sofia says, “and the surge of excitement … Continued