SOM Mechanical Engineer Stephen Ray has been named as a winner in the 2017 40 Under 40 Awards by Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine. Now in its tenth year, the 40 Under 40 Awards program recognizes outstanding talent working in an array of disciplines within engineering. Winners are selected for their dedication to the profession, a penchant for leadership, … Continued
The Partners of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) are pleased to announce the release of SOM Journal 10 (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2017). This edition of the SOM Journal is the tenth installment in a continuing series that highlights conceptual undercurrents being discussed and projects being developed by SOM. The series presents a selection of recent SOM projects chosen by … Continued
ArthaLand Century Pacific Tower, located in Bonifacio Global City in the Philippines, won two 2017 Philippines Property Awards. Winning the top honor in the Best Office Architectural Design and Best Green Development categories, the project was also recognized as Highly Commended in the Best Office Development category. The annual awards program, now in its fifth year, recognizes leading projects in the country’s real estate industry. This is … Continued
Public Safety Answering Center II (PSAC II) is the recipient of the Municipal Art Society’s 2017 MASterworks Award for Best New Infrastructure. The MASterworks Awards program, founded in 1988, pays tribute to New York City’s most iconic buildings completed in the previous year. This year’s recipients will be honored at the Celebrating the City awards ceremony on Monday, May 15th, at … Continued
On Saturday, April 29th, NBC network affiliate KGET-TV broadcast a segment on high-speed rail in Bakersfield?, California. In the segment, news anchor Jim Scott leads a discuss the potential of high-speed rail to revitalize the city’s downtown area. Joining him in studio were SOM Associate Gunnar Hand, City Councilman Andre Gonzalez, and Community Development Director Jacquelyn Kitchen.? In 2015, the Bakersfield City Council voted unanimously to hire SOM to develop the Downtown Bakersfield High-Speed Rail … Continued
On Friday, May 5th, SOM hosted a reception in its Chicago office for students from the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to exhibit their final undergraduate projects. The projects were the capstone of a year-long studio led by an interdisciplinary team from SOM that included: Urban Designers Robert Bracken and … Continued
The SOM-designed Center for Character and Leadership Development (CCLD) was honored in three categories in the 2017 International Design Awards. CCLD, located at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, won a Silver medal in the Institutional category, a Silver medal in the Landmarks/Symbolic Structures category, and a Bronze medal in the Architectural … Continued
The New York Council of the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA NY) has recognized three SOM projects in this year’s Design Awards program. The U.S. Air Force Center for Character & Leadership Development won an award in the Education category; The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground won in the … Continued
On Tuesday, May 23rd, SOM Technical Director Lucas Tryggestad, Associate Director Yue Zhu, and Mechanical Engineer Stephen Ray will speak at the 2017 Facade Tectonics Forum at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. The forum gathers experts from the facade industry to present innovations in facade design and performance, and discuss challenges and potential solutions in … Continued
SOM Associate Director Aaron May will participate in a panel discussion at the 2017 National Conference of the American Planning Association in New York City. Titled “Detroit’s Design Excellence Meets Equity,” the panel will include discussion of the design strategies behind the Detroit East Riverfront Framework Plan. Recently unveiled, the SOM-led framework proposes new connections … Continued