Throughout October 2018, several SOM offices hosted Graduate Shows highlighting student work and personal projects from our first Year One cohort. Launched in September, Year One is a career accelerator program for recent graduates that provides a holistic approach to professional development. The program was created to help young architects, interior designers, structural engineers, and … Continued
Roche Diagnostics Suzhou has been named a “Best Innovative Green Building” in the MIPIM Asia Awards. The awards program recognizes exemplary projects in the property industry across the Asia Pacific region. The winning project will be celebrated alongside other nominees at the MIPIM Asia Awards gala on Wednesday, November 28th in Hong Kong. Roche Diagnostics Suzhou is a 10-building, 150,000-square-meter campus in the World Heritage City … Continued
On Thursday, November 8th, the Women in Architecture Committee (WIA) of AIA New York will host a tour of SOM’s New York office. Representatives from SOM will discuss a selection of past and current projects designed by the firm and will lead participants on a tour of the Wall Street studio spaces. The tour is … Continued
On Saturday, October 13th, SOM hosted public tours of its office as part of the 2018 Open House New York Weekend. SOM architects led group tours in SOM’s Wall Street office, where guests explored the model shop and materials library.? Visitors learned about the history of the firm, its organizational structure, and built and unbuilt projects. Each October, Open … Continued
On Thursday, November 1st, SOM Structural and Seismic Engineering Partner Mark Sarkisian will speak at the University of Hong Kong’s Shanghai Study Centre. The title of his presentation, which is part of the school’s 2018 Fall Public Lecture Series, is “A Dialogue of Structure, Architecture, and City.” In his presentation, Sarkisian will discuss how policy … Continued
In October 2018, Barnard College celebrated the grand opening of The Cheryl and Philip Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning, the new hub of academic and intellectual life on the College’s campus in New York City. The 128,000-square-foot building, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), is a new place of interdisciplinary scholarship and … Continued
To celebrate the eighth annual Chicago Design Week, SOM is presenting a special exhibition in the lobby of the Railway Exchange Building. The Kinematic Sculpture, a 27-foot-long origami-like pavilion, demonstrates the application of SOM’s cutting-edge structural engineering research. The sculpture responds to the theme of Chicago Design Week, “Design in Motion,” by exploring the science of … Continued
The Partners of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) are pleased to announce the appointment of the following individuals as Partners, effective October 1, 2018: Larry Chien, Chris Cooper, Paul Danna, Michael Duncan, Colin Koop, and Adam Semel. As design and management experts, all six new partners are renowned and talented leaders in their respective … Continued
On Saturday, November 3rd, SOM Associate Director Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa will speak at the Learning Space Collaboratory Roundtable at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. The event offers an opportunity for academics and architects to discuss design for 21st-century education. Participants will share insight on innovations in campus design, lessons learned from recent projects, and … Continued
On October 25th, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and the Skyway Concession Company, operators of the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, announced the completion of the restoration of the historic Chicago Skyway toll plaza canopy located on the city’s southern edge. Designed by SOM, the restoration preserves the canopy’s original 1958 design while modernizing the … Continued