. . . Reliability, especially as a hedge against natural disasters, is paramount to any data center’s operations. The BBVA Technology Center, Atizapan, Mexico, provides critical IT support for the bank’s worldwide operations. Its location—on high ground at the edge of Mexico City, an active earthquake region—made it imperative that this 31,025-sm facility be designed … Continued
The Superior Court of California – San Diego has been named a Best Project in Southern California in the Engineering News Record (ENR) 2018 Best Projects regional competition. The project was recognized in the Government/Public Buildings Category. The courthouse, a 25-story tower that opened in 2017, consolidates San Diego County’s criminal trial, family, and civil courts in a single … Continued
The jury of Building Design + Construction’s (BD+C) Building Team Awards has named the Superior Court of California in San Diego as a Gold Award winner. One of four Gold Award winners in this year’s awards program, the courthouse will be featured in the May 2018 print issue of BD+C. The annual awards program, now in … Continued
Poly International Plaza received an Award of Merit in the 2018 AZ Awards for Design Excellence. The annual awards program is an initiative of Azure Publishing, a magazine and media company that focuses on contemporary architecture and design. AZ Awards are presented for architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design projects, in addition to products, concepts, and student … Continued
The centerpiece of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Guizhou Culture Plaza Riverfront plan—a mixed-use development with a performing arts center, a shopping mall, and numerous residential buildings—this 1,709-foot skyscraper will soon be the highest in the Chinese city of Guiyang. Opening in 2020, the 109-story shard’s ergonomic form takes cues from the John Hancock Center’s tapered … Continued
On Thursday, July 26th, SOM Associate Director Frank Mahan will deliver a keynote address at the 4th Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture. The conference will take place at the SOM-designed Center for Character & Leadership Development (CCLD) at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. Mahan will discuss a selection of SOM’s projects that revisit … Continued
Chicago’s transit system serves more than 1.5 million people every day. As the city continues to grow, it is poised to lead the world in future-focused transit. How can designers, researchers, transit experts, and creators of autonomous vehicles—buses, private pods, and more—come together to help shape a more equitable, accessible transit network to serve all … Continued
On Thursday, July 26th, AIA Los Angeles will host a tour of the Awesomeness headquarters in Santa Monica, California. SOM designed the interiors of Awesomeness, a global media company known for its youth-focused programming. Its headquarters covers 78,000 square feet in one of the buildings of Pen Factory, a former manufacturing facility that SOM transformed into a contemporary multi-tenant creative office complex. … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)-designed MiamiCentral Brightline Stations have been opened in Florida, Florida’s new hospitality-focused express intercity passenger rail service debuted introductory service into MiamiCentral. The new 11-acre mixed-use, intermodal development in downtown Miami planned and designed by SOM. Brightline includes three stations named Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Miami, each planned … Continued
T.J. Gottesdiener?: . . . I did not realize the amount of public scrutiny, political scrutiny, media scrutiny that we were going to fall under. But it was also something that we felt very engaged in. We felt like we were on a mission to do something important, something right and to make sure that we brought together a team … Continued