Plans will be filed Thursday for a 33-story mixed-use tower for 301 Capitol Mall, in a project that promises to change downtown Sacramento’s skyline and fill one of its most notably empty spots. Developer CIM Group unveiled formal plans for a project called Tower 301 Wednesday, with several floors of Class A office space, 100 … Continued
On Saturday, October 27th, the Hudec Culture Development Center awarded Jin Mao Tower the inaugural Hudec Architectural Culture Award. The award is given in honor of a building’s contributions to Shanghai’s social, cultural, historical, scientific, technological, artistic, and economic landscape. The 420-meter-high Jin Mao Tower was China’s tallest building at the time of its completion and … Continued
Throughout October, SOM led five sketching sessions at Apple Michigan Avenue in Chicago as a part of The Big Draw, a month-long festival of drawing hosted at Apple flagship stores around the world. The sessions offered opportunities for Chicagoans to learn more about current and planned projects in the city, and engage with SOM designers … Continued
On Saturday, November 3rd, SOM took part in the 36th annual Sandcastle Classic competition, a fundraiser and community event that brings together more than 3,000 people at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Architects, engineers, contractors, and designers teamed up with local elementary school students to build oversized sand sculptures. The event benefits Leap: Arts in … Continued
SOM was among the highlights of this year’s Noldi Schreck Awards program. Two first place finishes and one runner-up selection were awarded to the BBVA Bancomer Operations Center and the BBVA Centro Tecnológico. The Operations Center garnered both first place victories, in both the corporate architecture category and the corporate interior design category. The project consolidates and repositions … Continued
In this special episode of Design Voice Podcast, I’m joined by Carrie Moore and Jennifer Grosso of SOM’s New York office to discuss mentor-mentee relationships. Carrie and Jen talk about the mentorship programs at SOM, and share their insights on why mentorship is so valuable from both the mentor and mentee perspectives. They offer some great … Continued
On Friday, November 2nd, SOM’s New York office and 29 other teams took part in Canstruction 2018. This is the 26th year of the charitable annual build-off, which brings together architects, engineers, contractors, and students to design and build large structures using unopened cans of food. Following the event, the cans are donated to City Harvest … Continued
On October 30th, the SOM-designed G-Cubed received a Citation Award in the 2018 AIA Los Angeles Design Awards. SOM Associate Brandon Horn, Associate David Renken, and senior designer Carlos Madrid III accepted the award at a ceremony at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. At the event, exemplary projects were recognized in three categories: excellence … Continued
In October of 2018, 100 Mount Street topped out in Sydney, Australia. Rising in the heart of North Sydney, 100 Mount Street is on pace to be completed in 2019, with over 60 percent lease occupancy secured. Clad in a soaring glass curtain wall and supported by an innovative cross-braced exoskeleton structure and offset core, … Continued
. . . at Moynihan Station, New York’s history is physically ingrained in the DNA of the post office building, an erstwhile “city within a city” famous for having its own zip code and internal police force. The project’s first phase opened in 2017, with the second, larger phase to follow in 2020. Features of … Continued