To fully appreciate One World Trade Center, one must begin at Seven World Trade Center, simply called Seven. Completed in 2006, Seven was the first tower to be rebuilt after September 11. Its construction was catalytic, refocusing prolonged discussions from what should be done at the World Trade Center to actually getting it rebuilt.? Seven’s design, safety … Continued
Columbia University on Monday dedicated one of the most ambitious architectural projects in the academic world: the $6.3 billion expansion of its Manhattan campus. On the Ivy League university’s 17 new acres in West Harlem, “there will be countless interactions with our neighbors in the surrounding communities, from educational offerings to health centers to artistic … Continued
Monday, Columbia University dedicated a satellite campus on 17 acres in New York’s West Harlem neighborhood. Known as the Manhattanville Campus, the $6.3 billion development, which sits about a mile north of the Ivy League school’s main gates, will eventually comprise 6.8 million square feet of academic space… The new campus’s first two buildings—the Lenfest … Continued
On Thursday, December 1st, Interior Design Magazine announced the winners of the 2016 Interior Design Best of Year Awards at an annual ceremony in the IAC Building in New York. SOM’s design for JTI Headquarters in Switzerland was awarded a 2016 Best of Year Award in the Office: Large Corporate category. The program, now in its 11th … Continued
Kicking off our review of 2016, architecture editor Jessica Mairs looks back at 10 skyscrapers that have bent the rules in the past year, ranging from a triangular tower in New York to a Lego-like Singapore tower and the world’s second-tallest building… Beijing Greenland Center, China, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Angled glazing covering the … Continued
SOM Associate Director Jon Cicconi and SOM Associate Jason Anderson, both senior designers for Moynihan Train Hall, will give a presentation at the AIA New York event “Exploring the New Penn-Farley Complex.” They will present alongside Michael Evans, President of Moynihan Station Development Corporation, on Monday, December 5th, at the Center for Architecture. The speakers will discuss … Continued
Opening on Friday, November 18th, “New York at Its Core,” a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, will offer a sweeping survey of New York City’s history and future. This will be achieved through “stories of innovation, energy, struggle, and the vision of generations of immigrants, politicians, tycoons, dreamers, master … Continued
SOM’s Sichuan Airlines Center was presented with a 2016 AIA International Region Merit Award for Architecture at a presentation dinner in Hong Kong on December 1st. The award had first been announced at a gala dinner in Toronto on October 23rd. The Sichuan Airlines Center tower occupies a prominent site in the city center of … Continued
SOM’s master plan for the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in Shanghai won Gold in the Best Mixed-Use Development category at the 2016 MIPIM Asia Awards, which were held at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong on November 29th and 30th. The annual conference and awards program recognizes innovation and excellence in real estate development. After a … Continued
Last month, SOM staff in the San Francisco office participated in the office’s first Bring Your Child to Work Day. The team came together to create five hours of unique activities for the children to enjoy, including coloring, puzzle building, a magic show, and face painting, as well as story time with design researcher Maude … Continued