On Wednesday, December 6th, SOM Associate Andrew Makin will join a panel discussion on Capitol Crossing, a 2.2-million-square-foot complex underway in Washington, D.C. In addition to designing the master plan for the project, SOM is providing an array of services, including architecture, structural and civil engineering, and sustainable design. The panel discussion will focus on the process of bringing … Continued
On Thursday, December 14th, SOM Associate Director Brian Kaplan will deliver a presentation titled “Advocating for the Future of Building Technology” as part of AIA NY’s “Sustainable Design Perspectives.” The event explores the impact of healthier buildings and materials, as well the challenges and benefits of designing for occupant health. In his presentation, Kaplan will … Continued
… The Cayan Tower twists out of the architectural mishmash of Dubai waterfront, each floor rotating 1.2 degrees around a cylindrical elevator to create a 90-degree turnaround from top to bottom. While the official reasoning is wind force reductions, the result is a subtle, swirling skyscraper with views of the marina promenade visible from the … Continued
Poly International Plaza in Beijing and the India Basin project in San Francisco were honored in the 2017 Spark International Design Awards. The projects won Gold and Bronze awards, respectively, in the Spaces Design category. One of 11 categories in this year’s competition, Spaces Design recognizes exemplary architecture, interior, urban, and landscape design projects. The annual Spark Awards program is now in its eleventh year. … Continued
On Wednesday, November 29th, SOM Director of Urban Design and Planning Peter Kindel will join a panel discussion hosted by National Geographic. The event, titled “Urban Expeditions: Exploring Sustainable City Solutions,” will take place in Hong Kong. The second in a series, this event is part of a larger two-year Urban Expeditions initiative supported by United Technologies. The initiative centers on … Continued
…To shape the campus layout, Cornell Tech turned to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The firm’s master plan, which eschews the usual collegiate trappings of campus walls and gates, places a series of schematic volumes so that the buildings-to-come would define oblique view corridors of the Manhattan skyline and the Queens waterfront. … Together with … Continued
On Tuesday, November 28th, Mana Contemporary Chicago and SOM will host the third and final panel discussion in a series organized in conjunction with “SOM: Engineering x [Art + Architecture].” The pop-up exhibition, on display through January 7th, 2018, was produced by Mana Contemporary Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Biennial. The panel, titled “Collaborations … Continued
It all starts with an idea, and then the confidence to build it. Hopefully, many other women, as well as men, will learn from these women that anything is possible when you are passionate about an idea, and a goal… Carrie Moore [SOM Director, page 17]: “Our role as Architects demand that we give clarity … Continued
Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Central Plaza, Parcel A won an Honor Award for Architecture in the 2017 AIA Hong Kong Design Awards. The mixed-use project, which was completed in 2015, includes two low-rise buildings for retail and conferences and a pair of identical 303-meter-tall office towers. The skyscrapers are the tallest buildings in Nanchang, China. In 2016, the … Continued
On Tuesday, December 5th, SOM Senior Structural Engineer Benton Johnson will deliver a presentation titled “What’s Next in Tall Timber Design and the Legacy of Research at SOM” at the Third Degree Glass Factory in St. Louis. Johnson will provide a brief history of SOM’s research in timber design, focusing on the Timber Tower Research … Continued