Jeannette Peruchini and Carlos Madrid on Advisory Board at Contract Design Forum

SOM Associate Director Jeannette Peruchini and Senior Designer Carlos Madrid are participating in Contract Magazine’s 2016 Design Forum as members of the Advisory Board. The annual event is being held this year at L’Auberge Del Mar in Del Mar, California, on November 9-11. Contract’s Editorial Advisory Board is composed of 40 leaders in the design … Continued

SOM Leaves Its Mark in the East

An article in the September 2016 issue of The Plan, “SOM Leaves Its Mark in the East,” with highlights by Michael Webb, explores how SOM entered the Chinese market in 1999. Since then, SOM has completed 275 major buildings and master plans in China, with 30 more projects in progress. The article focuses heavily on … Continued

Healthcare Design Magazine Features The Christ Hospital

Established in 1889, The Christ Hospital faced growing service needs on an aging campus in Cincinnati’s Mount Auburn neighborhood. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) was hired to design a 1.4 million-square-foot master plan for the campus, prioritizing areas for development based on site-wide impact and potential to improve patient, physician, and staff experience. In … Continued

Governor Cuomo Unveils Plans for Penn Station’s Massive Revamp

Brace yourselves, New Yorkers: a new Penn Station is officially coming—for real this time. Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans for the forthcoming Pennsylvania Station-Farley Complex, along with announcing the developers and builders who will collaborate on the project… Unsurprisingly, the partnership is made up of some of the real estate business’s biggest names: Related … Continued

Luke Leung to Speak on Sustainability in Tall Buildings at ASHRAE Wisconsin

On Wednesday, November 16th, ?SOM Director of Sustainable Engineering Luke Leung will speak at the La Crosse, Wisconsin Chapter of ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. In a presentation titled “21st Century Tall Building Design,” Leung will shed light on SOM’s approach to designing sustainable towers. He will describe his work on the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai, currently the world’s tallest man-made structure. Leung plays an active … Continued

Nada Andric Wins Vision Award from Leading Chicago Neighborhood Association

SOM Associate Director of Interior Design Nada Andric was honored this week with an award from a leading Chicago neighborhood association. The Streeterville Organization of Active Residents, representing one of Chicago’s largest downtown residential neighborhoods, recognized Andric with the “Vision into Reality Award,” which honors community members who demonstrate exceptional leadership in Chicago and around the … Continued

Javier Arizmendi Speaks at International Symposium on Civil Engineering in Monterrey, Mexico

SOM Design Director Javier Arizmendi is speaking at the XXIII International Symposium on Civil Engineering, EDIFICA 2016. Taking place on November 3-5, 2016, the event is hosted by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tecnológico de Monterrey). The school is one of the largest private universities in Mexico and offers a variety of … Continued

Craig Hartman and Alessandro Beghini to Speak at Asian American Architects and Engineers Dinner

Craig W. Hartman, Senior Consulting Design Partner, and Alessandro Beghini, Structural Engineering Associate in SOM’s San Francisco office, will participate in a panel discussion at the Asian American Architects and Engineers’ 39th annual dinner. The event takes place on Thursday, November 10th at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco. The panel discussion, titled “How Technologies … Continued

These Schools Are Pushing the Boundaries of Design

While children are encouraged to be individuals and let their talents set them apart, their schools are not. Generally, they’re big boxes with hallways, classrooms, administrators’ offices, and maybe a cafeteria and a basketball court. Each student has different needs, and educators and architects around the world have expanded the vision of school architecture to … Continued

Luke Leung to Speak at Real Estate Leadership Summit on Net-Zero-Energy Buildings

SOM Director of Sustainable Engineering Luke Leung will speak on a panel at the 2016 Chicago Real Estate Leadership Summit on Wednesday, November 9th. Centered on net-zero-energy (NZE) buildings, the summit explores Chicago’s real estate future and its potential to become a nationwide leader in net-zero projects. Leung will join a panel titled “NZE Successes: Insights from Leaders,” where he … Continued