. . . Today Hudson Yards is talked about in swirls of superlatives: a $25 billion expansion of Midtown, it will offer two million square metres of space in some of the greenest towers on earth, amid 14 acres of gardens and plazas. But once the dust clears, what will that mean, exactly? We break … Continued
The Cheryl and Philip Milstein Teaching and Learning Center at Barnard College is competing among more than 250 educational projects to be named a finalist in ArchDaily’s 2019 Building of the Year Awards. The annual awards program, now in its tenth year, recognizes projects that are setting new standards in design. The nomination period, open to the public, … Continued
On Friday, November 30th, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Anchorage, Alaska. In the days following, SOM engineering team Samantha Walker and Patrick Murren visited the affected area to chronicle building performance, view damaged buildings, and collaborate with the structural and earthquake engineering communities at large. The two engineers spent several days in Anchorage and south-central Alaska and … Continued
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named SOM Design Partner Gary Haney a 2019 RIBA Fellow Member. The designation reflects Haney’s significant contributions to the profession and his stature as an inspirational RIBA Chartered Member. Haney’s broad range of commercial, government, and hospitality projects include buildings of great scale and complexity such as … Continued
In partnership with the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), SOM is working to propose a framework definition for net zero carbon buildings in the UK, and is soliciting feedback from industry professionals in the process. The initiative stems from the UKGBC’s Advancing Net Zero program. To develop a framework definition of net zero carbon buildings in line … Continued
. . . Joanna Diman—called “Jo” by her coworkers—was the key in-house landscape architect at SOM in New York, working on large and small projects from 1944 until 1967 (Figure 1). She was part of a small civil engineering department, working under A. Martin “Scoop” Funnell and alongside other landscape architects (C. O. Andersen, Carroll … Continued
On Tuesday, January 29th, Africa’s largest urban developer, Rendeavour, in partnership with the Lagos State Government, broke ground on a new city development in the Lekki Free Zone. The master plan carried out by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) LLP Europe is designed to boost foreign direct investment in Nigeria and create tens of thousands of jobs. … Continued
YIMBY has covered plans for a new office building at 1241 Broadway extensively over the past few weeks, first reporting on the applications and initial rendering, and then checking in on site progress. Today, we can reveal the updated current design thanks to developer Michael Kirchmann of GDSNY, who also told us all about the project … Continued
GDS Development is breaking ground on its first new construction office development today, and the firm has given Commercial Observer a look at the 22-story building planned for 1241 Broadway in NoMad. The Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed tower will include 200,000 square feet of office space and 7,500 square feet of ground-floor retail.
After years of unprecedented growth and development, the West Loop neighborhood finally has a Chicago Public Library Branch to go along with its new apartment towers, office buildings, hotels, and restaurants. Located at 118 N. Aberdeen Street, the space occupies an old two-story building that was once part of Oprah’s Harpo Studios television production campus. … Continued