Designed and engineered by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM), the building envelope is a high-performance system that mitigates heat gain, yet allows ample influx of natural light. The facade was designed through an intense engagement, value engineered from tender documentation, up to contractor’s shop drawings, rigorously evaluated using both a full scale visual as … Continued
Cornell Tech, Cornell University’s technology-focused campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City, celebrated its official opening Wednesday. … Cornell Tech’s mission of collaboration and innovation is reflected in the design of its Roosevelt Island campus. It provides space to think, but is also integrated—in both mission and design—with the city. The campus master plan was … Continued
On Tuesday, September 26th, Gunnar Hand from SOM’s Los Angeles office spoke at the American Planning Association (APA) California Chapter’s annual conference in Sacramento, California. Hand’s presentation was part of a workshop titled “Designing Housing Solutions,” which focused on the topic of California’s lack of affordable housing. The workshop brought together professionals to design and … Continued
. . . New York is composed of five boroughs, but because of its role as the city’s economic center Manhattan has historically received the most attention when it comes to investment and public transit. That’s beginning to change, and Cornell Tech is emblematic of that post-Manhattan thinking, a philosophy Colin Koop-a design director at Skidmore Owings & … Continued
Morphosis and SOM were among the architecture firms involved in the design of a new permanent home for Cornell Tech university, described as “the first campus ever built for the digital age”. The Cornell Tech campus, which opened last week, was constructed on a slender island in New York’s East River, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The graduate … Continued
School is now in session at Cornell Tech, the Ivy League university’s highly anticipated engineering campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City… All of this fits into a single master plan by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The firm was brought on board by Cornell back in 2010 to help them put together what ended up … Continued
The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design has honored the BBVA Mexico City Headquarters building with a 2017 International Architecture Award. The annual awards program honors new and cutting-edge design worldwide, recognizing projects in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Organized by the Chicago Athenaeum in partnership with Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd. and the … Continued
In September, 2017, SOM Design Partner Leo Chow and Structural and Seismic Engineering Partner Mark Sarkisian will conduct a series of lectures in Chongqing, China. On Thursday, September 21st, Chow and Sarkisian will present a joint lecture at the 4th US-China Tall Building Symposium. The lecture is titled “Site | Structure | Architecture – Projects … Continued
On Tuesday, September 26th, Luke Leung, SOM Director of Sustainable Engineering, will deliver a lecture to the Thailand Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Leung will explore a variety of topics within sustainable design, including SOM’s sustainability scheme for the Burj Khalifa, net-zero buildings and net-zero districts, tall building design … Continued
On Monday, October 2nd, SOM Associate Director and Technical Designer Thomas Kinzl will speak at the 2017 Conference on Advanced Building Skins in Bern, Switzerland. During his presentation “Parametric Curtain Wall Design,” Kinzl will explore recent innovations by SOM in curtain wall design, and the implementation and construction of complex curtain wall geometries. To illustrate SOM’s … Continued