Many of us spend more time at work than anywhere else. Today, some basic assumptions about the workplace design are changing. New technology and the evolution of knowledge worker environments are driving these changes, along with a generational shift: millennials now make up the largest share of the workforce. There’s also greater awareness of how … Continued
ARCHITECT‘s Ashleigh Popera shares the winners of the 2017 AIA New York State Design Awards, which were announced today, with honors going to 28 projects in 10 different categories.? Some well-known firms like Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) came home with top honors, and Peter Marino Architect received awards in multiple categories. The 10 categories were Residential, Multi Family; Institutional; Commercial/Industrial, … Continued
Three SOM projects have been honored in this year’s AIA New York State Design Awards. The Center for Character and Leadership Development in Colorado was presented with an Award of Excellence in the Institutional category; Baccarat Hotel & Residences in New York City received an Award of Merit in the Commercial category; and the FBI … Continued
The American Institute of Architects New York State (AIANYS) has announced the winners of its 49th annual Design Awards. Honoring architects, designers, and planners from New York State as well works completed by others in New York State, the winners will be officially recognized at a reception held on November 10, this year in Albany, … Continued
City planning in the 21st century often requires navigating a Pandora’s Box of complicated, interconnected issues. In population-dense urban centers like San Francisco, for example, strict zoning laws clash with a need for more housing. In contrast, further south in Los Angeles, an abundance of new construction has exacerbated the city’s growing population. … 3-D … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has won the International Urban Design Ideas Competition for the Financial District and Marina District of the Port City Colombo in Sri Lanka. Developed along with U.K.-based landscape architects Grant Associates, the project will develop public spaces and an urban framework to accommodate future growth for the country’s capital, as … Continued
Yesterday, in a ribbon cutting ceremony, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and United States Senator Charles Schumer marked the official opening of the West End Concourse of Moynihan Train Hall, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM). The concourse, the first phase of the redevelopment of New York City’s Penn Station, provides access to … Continued
On Thursday, August 24th, SOM Director Kristopher Takács will participate in a film screening and panel discussion hosted by the Washington, D.C. chapter? of the American Institute of Architects (AIA DC). Joining Takács on the panel will be Eric Shaw of the D.C. Office of Planning, and Susan Piedmont-Palladino, Director at Virginia Tech and Curator at the National Building Museum. The event, ?titled “Livability in … Continued
Ongoing interest in high-rise timber applications and technology has led to a boom in innovative building method research, with the hope of turning design concepts into structural realities. Benton Johnson, an associate director in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM), who published his Timber Tower Research Project in 2013, is at the … Continued
SOM Consulting Partner John Lund Kriken, with Ellen Lou, Director of Urban Design and Planning, and Tim Culvahouse, Editor in Chief of the California Council of the American Institute of Architects, recently collaborated on a book titled “Building Saigon South: Sustainable Lessons for a Livable Future.” Published by Oro Editions, the book presents the master plan for the Saigon South … Continued