On Thursday, March 14th, SOM Associate Director Georgi Petrov and senior digital design architectural professional Daniel Inocente will run a workshop at “Beyond the Cradle 2019: Envisioning a New Space Age,” an event hosted by MIT. Petrov and Inocente will lead a workshop titled “Space Architecture.” Valentina Sumini, PhD & Postdoctoral Associate at MIT Media … Continued
From March 10th through March 13th, 2019, ?SOM senior urban designer Dawveed Scully will participate in an exhibition at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Titled “Say it Loud,” the exhibition showcases projects by minority design professionals, as well as video interviews in which they share their experiences in the architecture and design industry. Scully will … Continued
On Thursday, March 14th, Douglas Voigt, SOM Director of Urban Design and Planning, will serve as a moderator at the 2019 Chicago River Summit hosted by Friends of the Chicago River, an organization focused on improving the health of the Chicago River. Voigt will participate in the final panel of the day, titled “The Possibility Panel: … Continued
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated SOM Design Partner Leo Chow to its prestigious College of Fellows. The distinction, which recognizes architects who have made significant contributions to the field, is the AIA’s highest membership honor. Throughout his nearly 30-year career, Chow has advanced a vision of integrated design to create better, more … Continued
On Thursday, March 14th, SOM Director Kim Van Holsbeke will speak at “_Destinations: Mexico City,” hosted by AIANY Global Dialogues. The panel discussion will be moderated by Felipe Correa, Architecture Chair at UVA School of Architecture and founder of the design practice Somatic Collaborative. “_Destinations: Mexico City” will explore the issues and opportunities Mexico City … Continued
In March 2019, SOM Associate Director Brian Kaplan and SOM senior architectural professional Ellen Abraham will speak at the New York Build 2019 Expo. The two-day event, which will take place at the Javits Center in Manhattan, will feature panel discussions, workshops, and other sessions focused on contemporary issues in the construction industry. On Tuesday, March 12th, … Continued
On Friday, March 8th, SOM Associate Directors Jon Cicconi and Frank Mahan will lead a hard hat construction tour of Moynihan Train Hall for the AIANY Historic Buildings Committee. The tour will provide insight into the current status of the project to convert McKim, Mead & White’s 1913 Beaux-Arts James A. Farley Post Office into Moynihan Train … Continued
On Monday, March 11th, SOM Design Partner Colin Koop and SOM Associate Director Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa will speak at the 2019 North Atlantic Regional Conference of the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) in Rochester, New York. The conference will focus on how colleges and universities serve as catalysts for local and regional transformation, innovation, … Continued
HH sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum inaugurates burj jumeira, the new tower designed by SOM to be built in dubai. the prime minister of the UAE and ruler of dubai, anticipates the project with its surrounding ‘downtown jumeira,’ to serve as a continuation of dubai’s vision as the city of the future distinguished by … Continued
Dubai Holding has recently unveiled details and renderings for the planned Burj Jumeira, a 550-meter-tall (1,804 feet) tower in Al Sufouh. The tower will be the centerpiece of Downtown Jumeira, a pedestrian friendly mixed-use urban destination. The tower’s design is inspired by the ripples of the UAE’s desert sand dunes and flowing oases. The facade … Continued