On Tuesday, July 24th, three representatives from SOM will participate in Advancing Computational Building Design 2018. The event, which is now in its second year, aims to share best practices and innovations in computational-based design. SOM senior digital design specialist Stephanie Tabb will speak on a panel titled “Hearing How Designers Are Finding the Time to Develop Computation … Continued
Following previous iterations at many major architectural and design festivals around the world, the exhibition “Poetic Structure: Art + Engineering + Architecture” will soon be open at the MAK Center Schindler House in West Hollywood, California starting June 30. Showcasing the multi-disciplinary practice of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and the intersections between art and engineering, … Continued
The widely-traveled exhibition titled Poetic Structure: Art + Engineering + Architecture showcasing the engineering and design legacy of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM) will be on display at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in Los Angeles starting this weekend. The sprawling exhibition will bring a large 12-foot-by-27-foot pavilion to the grounds of the Schindler House, … Continued
With names like Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Gilt under its banner, Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) needed a corporate hub that would blend form and function for its new headquarters in New York. The retail group turned to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to design a 350,000-square-foot space that consolidated the operations of … Continued
On Wednesday, July 18th, SOM Senior Consulting Design Partner Roger Duffy will deliver a keynote speech at Perspective USA 2018. The two-day event, hosted by The Plan magazine, brings together architects, engineers, academics, and manufacturers to network and to share innovative designs and ideas. Duffy’s keynote focuses on design with a human focus. His presentation will highlight several … Continued
Today, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) released its design for One Century (Hangzhou Wangchao Center), a new mixed-use tower in Hangzhou, China. Designed for Zhejiang Chengdao Properties Limited, the tower is slated for completion in 2021. The city of Hangzhou, in eastern China, is undergoing considerable growth. As the host of the Asian Games … Continued
At the 2018 symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), representatives from SOM will present on a variety of topics. The event brings together leading designers and researchers working in the fields of structural engineering and architecture. The 2018 symposium, for which SOM is one of the sponsors, will take place … Continued
On Thursday, July 19th, SOM Associate Director Dan Herman will participate in an event focused on the SOM-designed Pen Factory. The event, which includes a panel discussion and site tour of the building, is hosted by Urban Land Institute. Pen Factory is an adaptive reuse project that transformed a long-abandoned manufacturing facility—a former Paper Mate pen factory—into … Continued
… every architecture firm in the future will have to respond to technological changes that are rocking the profession. Over the past two decades, new tools have transformed ateliers into veritable computer labs. But soon the continuing digital revolution may have even more dramatic consequences… One technology that could be particularly disruptive to the profession … Continued
This summer, SOM will host a discussion series inspired by recent publication of The Future of Public Space. Following the success of an engaging panel at New York City’s Strand Book Store in April of 2018, events will be held across North America to further explore the intersection of design and the public realm. Co-sponsored by the … Continued