Of all President Trump’s campaign promises, the proposal to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure was one of the few to appeal to Republicans and Democrats alike. That level of spending would have dramatically reversed decades of dwindling public investment in the country’s roads, transit, and utilities. Now that scale of investment is less likely than … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has revealed the design for its forthcoming project One Bangkok near the city’s Lumphini Park. Conceived as a vertical village, the nearly 40-acre development is expected to accommodate up to 60,000 people each day following its completion in 2025. It will become the largest private-sector development in the history of … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled its vision for One Bangkok: a new district in the center of the Thai city made up of a family skyscrapers interspersed with green spaces. One Bangkok will provide extensive residential, hotel, retail, office and public space for an estimated 60,000 people once the district is complete in 2025. … Continued
It’s been a little more than four years since Hudson Yards got its groundbreaking, and in that time, the 28-acre megaproject has transformed the far west side of Manhattan. What was once just rail yards has, in the past couple of years, begun to look like an honest-to-god neighborhood. Buildings are on the rise (one … Continued
SOM Design Partner Leo Chow will take part in the CNU 25.Seattle conference, a five-day event hosted by the Congress for the New Urbanism. The conference will take place from May 2-6 at a variety of venues in downtown Seattle, including the Seattle Art Museum, Benaroya Hall, and the Moore Theater. On Friday, May 5th, … Continued
Architects at SOM are going back to school, this time in the Bronx. Horace Mann School, a private institution in Fieldston, the Bronx, asked the firm to design a new campus and science center, a pool, and to upgrade its older gymnasium. In all, these improvements cover 111,000 square feet and add 68,000 square feet … Continued
An unlikely downtown Dallas high-rise is on its way toward becoming an official historic landmark: One Main Place, which is but 48 years old. At the request of the building’s New Orleans-based owners, the city’s Landmark Commission voted unanimously Monday afternoon to begin designation proceedings. Should the 33-story tower on Main Street, across from Belo … Continued
Global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill traces its roots to 1936. Brothers-in-law Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings joined forces to work on the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago in 1933, and went on to establish a firm three years later. Not long after they added the partner John O. Merrill, and the name … Continued
On Tuesday, April 25th, SOM Structural and Civil Engineering Partner William F. Baker will join a panel discussion on art, architecture, and engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The panel is part of a series titled “Conversations at the Intersection,” which aims to provide audiences with a glimpse … Continued
On Wednesday, April 26th, SOM Director Paul Danna will participate in an event titled “P3 Development: What Am I Getting Myself Into?” Hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), the event will help attendees understand the Public Private Partnership (P3) model. A solution to address aging infrastructure and … Continued