Join Peter Kindel, SOM’s Cities and Climate Lead, at the upcoming Circular Cities Summit 2.0 in Dubai. Following last year’s UN COP28, this conference will delve into the future of sustainable urban development in the Middle East and the application of circular design principles in urban planning to address the region’s pressing environmental challenges. Kindel … Continued
New York has endeavored for more than two decades to reimagine Midtown West from an underutilized industrial area into a neighborhood that boosts the city’s vitality, and The Architect’s Newspaper reported on the latest vision for its future. The Western Rail Yards—the neighborhood’s last remaining site, flanked by a remarkable collection of green spaces and … Continued
The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center has been recognized for its high performance in its resiliency and sustainability with a LEED Platinum certification, the highest mark of excellence for sustainability as awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council. Conceived as a vertical campus, the project brings the entirety of the U.S. DOT Volpe … Continued
One of the missing pieces to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is grid-scale energy storage, which is precisely what we are tackling in our partnership with Energy Vault. As CNN reports, tall buildings are SOM’s specialty, which creates “an opportunity to take this expertise … and use it for energy storage, enabling us to wean … Continued
BRG Group and Sumitomo Corporation, working with a committee of Vietnamese and international experts in construction, urban planning, and architecture, have selected SOM to design and engineer the centerpiece of North Hanoi Smart City—a 108-story, mixed-use skyscraper surrounded by a vast public park. The development, Smart City Financial Tower, is part of the fifth phase … Continued
Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport won the Honor Award in Architect magazine’s 2024 Architecture & Interiors Awards program in the Government and Civic Building category. Said Juror Brooke Horan, Associate Vice President and Interior Design Director at HDR, New York, “There’s something sort of joyful and fantastical about it. I think it has an … Continued
Now in its 10th year, the CREDAWARD program—originally known as the Chinese Real Estate Design Awards—has developed into an influential and rigorous international award program that recognizes projects that spread cutting-edge design concepts, contribute to sustainable development, and lead a path to future urban development. From Hangzhou to Shanghai, four SOM projects have won, among … Continued
The transformative mixed-use project in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, Lincoln Common, has been selected as a winner of the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2024 Americas Awards for Excellence. Lincoln Common is one of just 10 developments across North America—and the only Chicago winner—that will compete alongside projects from the Europe and Asia Pacific regions in … Continued
Two SOM projects have been recognized in the 2024 Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards. Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport won the Transportation category “for designing a better airport experience,” while the High Line – Moynihan Connector received an honorable mention in the Urban Design category, which celebrates built projects that improve cities and … Continued
SOM has joined Article 25’s More Than a Building network. Article 25 is the UK’s leading architectural NGO and known for designing and delivering high-quality hospitals, schools, and homes in the global south. By partnering with other NGOs and governments worldwide, Article 25 has delivered over 100 projects across more than 35 countries, significantly impacting … Continued