A mixed-use vertical village’ is set to rise adjacent to Bangkok’s Lumphini Park and form a new center of social life in the city. The SOM-led development will cover 16 hectares in the heart of Bangkok and include residential, hotel, retail, office, and public spaces. Half of the 16-hectare site will be used for public … Continued
As a global designer, educator, and mentor, Gary Haney, FAIA, RIBA, Design Partner, SOM, has pioneered engineering innovations, tall building efficiency, materials research, and customized sustainable solutions for some 60 projects throughout the world. Many of these projects have won awards and received high acclaim from professionals, peers, and city residents alike. Haney’s Al Hamra … Continued
…SOM’s vision for One Bangkok establishes a vertical village designed to foster community and promote well-being in a dense urban environment. welcoming streetscapes create a sense of place where people wish to return, and a wide range of outdoor spaces, including eight hectares of public plazas and landscaped greenspace, and introduce a new center of social … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) announced today the official opening of its new office in Dubai, a move that strengthens the firm’s presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Located on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai’s main thoroughfare, the office will serve as a regional hub to provide a full range of … Continued
The architecture giant Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has announced that they will open a new office in Dubai, a move intended to further their presence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The office will be led by Thomas Behr, who will oversee all operations in the region, alongside Uwe Nienstedt, … Continued
When it comes to office buildings, our minds tend to think of a place full of cubicles, water coolers, and of course, work. At first sight, 350 Mission Street redefines the traditional workplace from the inside out. This Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) designed building rises 30 levels above the streets of San Francisco and … Continued
In 2017 with the oncoming addition to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, it is time for a look at who is arguably Buffalo’s most famous homegrown architect—Gordon Bunshaft… Out of college and a brief stint in Europe, he worked with another very famous architect who designed in Buffalo, Edward Durell Stone (Buffalo News Building), but ended … Continued
The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground is the winner of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) New York Award for Excellence in Institutional Development. The public school, located in Staten Island, received the top award in its category in the Awards for Excellence in Development, a program that honors projects in New … Continued
Google has paid tribute to the late SOM structural engineer Fazlur Khan with a Google Doodle on his 88th birthday. The illustration, featured on Google’s homepage around the world, depicts Khan with the John Hancock Center—an icon of Chicago and one of his signature achievements. Fazlur Khan, a Bangladeshi-American, is widely regarded as one of … Continued
…From the huge upper-floor window of the Lenfest Center for the Arts—the latest component of the new Columbia University campus in New York’s Manhattanville neighborhood—invited media and a smatter of prominent guests gazed out onto a sweeping view of upper Broadway, with Riverside Church and the dome of Grant’s Tomb in the distance… The plan—devised … Continued