Connecting to the city, and the world Changi International Airport is a key transportation hub in Southeast Asia and one of the busiest passenger and cargo airports in the world. With Singapore’s emergence as a key global transportation hub, city and airport officials recognized the need for a new intermodal transit link to the airport … Continued
SOM’s plan for an expanded Central Business District (CBD) in Beijing calls for the establishment of three new zones anchored by signature parks and green boulevards. Express commuter rail service would link the area to the Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing South Station, while a new streetcar system would serve all zones within the … Continued
A forward-looking workplace The 1-million-square-foot headquarters of Baxter Travenol (now Baxter International) was designed to provide a flexible framework in which a pharmaceutical industry leader could continue to innovate and expand. SOM’s master plan for the 179-acre site called for a cluster of highly flexible, two- and three-story modular office pavilions that could expand outward … Continued
In 2007, following an 18-month process of research, analysis, consultation, and design, SOM submitted the Bahrain 2030 National Planning Development Strategy. The plan is the first project to inventory and propose virtually every aspect of a new national infrastructure. It exemplifies a forward-looking process designed to address the role that sustainable land development can play … Continued
Conceived in response to widespread economic development in the Middle East, this sweeping master plan is designed to propel growth in Bahrain and its capital, Manama. It is also intended to serve as a model for future development throughout the region. The 432,000-square-meter site consists of an island connected to the mainland via causeways. With … Continued
China World Trade Center (CWTC) Tower 3B has opened as a new hub for commerce and tourism in Beijing’s Central Business District. One of the city’s tallest buildings, it is the latest addition to the CWTC, a growing mixed-use campus designed primarily for China’s leading commercial enterprises. Tower 3B stands at one of the busiest … Continued
The first premium-grade office tower in the Philippines to be erected after 2000, the Zuellig Building is notable for its environmentally conscious design, distinctive facade, and superior finishes. It is the first office building in Manila’s Makati Central Business District that was pre-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council at the LEED® Gold level; the … Continued
Reclaiming the skyline The 2014 completion of One World Trade Center marked a major milestone in the history of New York City. More than 13 years in the making, the 104-story, 3.5-million-square-foot, 1,776-foot tower — the tallest in the Western Hemisphere — recaptured the New York skyline, reasserted Lower Manhattan’s preeminence as a global business … Continued
A Distinctive Structural Expression The design of Cayan Tower, a helical skyscraper that marks the Dubai skyline, is at once remarkable and subtle. The residential tower is a pure expression of the idea that a building’s form should directly follow its structural framework. While the skyscraper’s floor plates are all identical, each is slightly rotated … Continued
A unique structure for a unique site Characterized by its distinctive diagonal bracing system, One Maritime Plaza is a 25-story tower set astride a three-level public garage, designed by Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons and DeMars and Reay, at the southern end of the Golden Gateway Center, a residential and commercial redevelopment adjacent to San Francisco … Continued