Architectural Record has honored the BBVA Bancomer Operations Center with a 2017 Good Design is Good Business award. The annual awards program recognizes exemplary architectural solutions that have proven instrumental in the growth and success of a range of businesses. The winning projects reflect the impact that design strategies can have not only on a … Continued
Nearly everything about the forthcoming two-to-three-year renovation of New York’s Waldorf Astoria has been planned with an eye to the hotel’s glittering past. And while many historic events have occurred within its limestone and Waldorf Gray brick walls since it first opened in its current Midtown location, in 1931, the next incarnation will be most … Continued
Today, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts submitted designs for a revamped and restored Waldorf Astoria New York to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for review. Global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Paris-based interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR) are leading the restoration. “We are at an exciting and transformative point … Continued
On Tuesday, March 28th, SOM Associate Director Fernando Herrera will speak at the University of Chile’s Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. His talk will center on the role of integrated, multidisciplinary collaboration as a key driver behind the design of large buildings around the world. The presentation, titled “Results of Collaborations Between Architects and Structural … Continued
As sight lines go, the long, narrow Pen Factory in Santa Monica is low profile. But not its recent history. A Paper Mate plant from 1957 to 2005, it sits across Olympic from an Expo Line stop and was to be razed to make room for the Bergamot Transit Village, with office and retail space … Continued
The architectural design team restoring the Waldorf Astoria hotel aims to be painstakingly precise. When it comes to the color of the bricks, there is only one option: Waldorf gray. For the last year, a team at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP has been diving into architectural archives, researching photos and, in some cases, unearthing … Continued
On Thursday, April 6th and Friday, April 7th, Luke Leung, SOM Director of Sustainable Engineering, will deliver lectures to the Hong Kong and Macau Chapters of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Leung’s presentations are part of a two-day seminar held in both cities by the host chapters. In Macau, Leung … Continued
On Thursday, April 6th, SOM Design Partner Roger Duffy and SOM Associate Director Christoph Timm will speak at the Facades+ New York Conference, presented by The Architect’s Newspaper. In the afternoon keynote address, titled “Facades in the Age of Collaboration,” Duffy will explore the collaboration between architects, engineers, material sources, and craftspeople that is evident … Continued
Arcapita Mosque has won the Abdullatif Al Fozan Award for Mosque Architecture in the Best Local Mosque category. The mosque, part of the SOM-designed Arcapita Bank Headquarters, is located in Bahrain’s capital city of Manama. The project was selected out of more than 100 entries from the Gulf Cooperation Council region. A two-level, cubic structure situated at the endpoint … Continued
On Monday, April 3rd, SOM Structural and Civil Engineering Partner William F. Baker and Managing Partner Thomas Behr will deliver a lecture at AIT ArchitekturSalon in Cologne, Germany. The event coincides with the venue’s hosting of “The Engineering of Architecture,” a traveling exhibition that explores SOM’s rich history of structural engineering. Informed by SOM’s 80-year history, … Continued