Related California and Deutsche Bank got a big boost in financing for their project at 1500 Mission St. in San Francisco. Deutsche Bank purchased $316.8M in tax-exempt bonds to finance construction. The bank also will purchase the balance of the financing, $141.7M of variable rate demand notes. This is one of California’s largest-ever construction financing … Continued
…One of the last towers planned for Brookfield Property Partners’ five-building complex known as Manhattan West is a 59-story, 1.75-million-square-foot office building at 401 West 31st Street. The design for the tower, known as 2 Manhattan West, closely mirrors that of One Manhattan West, a 62-story office tower that is also designed by SOM. Both towers … Continued
As global skyscraper construction reached new records in 2017, Chicago is doing its part with 47 high-rise projects currently in the ground. … #22: Lincoln Common A1′ Co-developed by McCaffery and Hines Interests and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in collaboration with Antunovich Associates, the $350 million project includes a pair of glassy … Continued
On Thursday, January 11th, SOM Associate Director and Technical Designer Thomas Kinzl will speak at the January meeting of the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings. In his presentation, titled “Innovation & Digital Design: The Next Generation of Facades for Supertall Buildings,” Kinzl will explore how digital design tools, parametric design, and innovative, high performance curtain wall systems can increase … Continued
The question that Bill Baker, partner and chief engineer at SOM, asks himself when he travels to Shanghai, among other places, is: have we run out of good ideas? On a mission to ensure that his team keeps asking questions and finding solutions, in whichever order, he initiated ‘SOM: Engineering x [Art + Architecture],’ a book … Continued
In December, the winners of the 2017 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Medals were announced. The annual program recognizes exemplary architecture students in the United Kingdom. Awards are made in various categories, including Bronze, Silver, and an SOM Foundation Fellowship. SOM’s Danielle Fountain received a commendation in the RIBA Silver Medal category.? Jurors selected the two winners of the SOM Foundation Fellowship. The jurors were: SOM Design Partner Kent … Continued
Geffen Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been awarded LEED® Platinum certification. LEED®, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, certification is an official recognition of a project’s compliance with sustainability standards created and maintained by the U.S. Green Building Council. The program is administered by Green Business Certification Inc., with … Continued
In December of 2017, the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation launched a website dedicated to women who have made significant contributions to American architecture. Titled Pioneering Women of American Architecture, the website profiles 50 women as a starting point, with more to be added in the future. Three former SOM architects—Natalie Griffin de Blois, Norma Merrick Sklarek, … Continued
…The year 2017 brought big changes to Barnard’s campus as The Milstein Center began to rise from its foundations. After several months spent watching its superstructure come into being (and keeping an eye on the crane!), the community gathered to celebrate the end of the steel construction phase and sign a steel beam, which was installed at … Continued
…”We have architects and designers who write code,” says Lois Wellwood, associate director and interiors and practice leader at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in New York. “Those colleagues work very closely with us around testing, evaluating, pushing, and pulling our process to see how a space performs…” … As Stephen Apking, interior design partner at … Continued