35 Hudson Yards has topped out at 1,039 feet tall, according to Curbed. The 72-floor tower will bring the highest residences to the Hudson Yards mega-project, which is being developed by Stephen Ross’ Related Companies and Oxford Property Group. Earlier this year, we learned by way of The Real Deal that the supertall gained another … Continued
The second residential building that will see completion within Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group’s Hudson Yards megaproject, 35 Hudson Yards, has now topped out at 1,009 feet. YIMBY first reported on the milestone, and a spokesperson for Related Companies confirmed the news to Curbed. 35 Hudson Yards is the second tallest building within the … Continued
Progress on the second highest tower in the Hudson Yards mega-development has reached a milestone. 35 Hudson Yards has officially topped out at 1,009 feet. Now that it has reached that height, it is the ninth tallest structure in New York City and 19th tallest in the United States. Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group … Continued
After starting construction last summer, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)s reimagined Moynihan Train Hall is now beginning to take shape. Part of Governor Cuomo’s Empire Station Complex revamp of Penn Station, the old James A. Farley Post Office will be transformed into a crystal palace-esque boarding concourse with a 92-foot high skylight atop the 1913 … Continued
Finally, after two decades in the making, the light is shining brightly on the James A. Farley Post Office conversion project, now known as Moynihan Train Hall as part of the Empire Station Complex. The 1913 Beaux-Arts post office building, across Eighth Avenue from Penn station, was originally designed by McKim, Mead & White and … Continued
SOM Associate Director Kevin Conway served as a member of the jury for the tenth annual RUMBLE exhibition at UCLA Architecture and Urban Design. The event, which ran from June 11-18, 2018, showcased student work from the school’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-professional programs. More than 250 design studio projects and program installations were on view. The … Continued
On Tuesday, June 26th, SOM Associate Director Aaron May will participate in the 2018 International Conference on Transport and Health on Mackinac Island in Michigan. The four-day event, co-sponsored by SOM, brings together professionals from the fields of transport planning and engineering, public health, urban planning, spatial and architectural design, environmental planning, and economics. May’s talk is titled … Continued
Manhattan West, Hudson Yards, the Moynihan Train Hall, you name it—global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, probably has a hand in designing it. The company is actively working on 34.7 million square feet of projects in New York City. … “That necklace [of projects] across the middle of the island is pretty unique,” said … Continued
The construction and operation of buildings accounts for nearly half of all emissions linked to global warming. The building design and construction community has responded to this fact by improving the energy efficiency of buildings and by building with low embodied carbon materials. The structural system is the primary contributor to the overall embodied carbon … Continued
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2018 Jury of Fellows has elected SOM Director Chris Cooper to its College of Fellows, one of the highest honors an AIA member can receive. Elevation to the College of Fellows recognizes the outstanding achievements of individual architects on a national scale. Of the AIA’s more than 91,000 members, only about three … Continued