SOM’s master plan for the Knowledge and Innovation Community in Shanghai has been selected to receive an award for Best Mixed Use Development at MIPIM Asia 2016. The annual conference and awards program recognizes innovation and excellence in real estate development. A voting period open to the MIPIM Asia community will determine each award finalist’s … Continued
SOM Associate Gunnar Hand is one of several distinguished guests invited to participate on a panel at the American Planning Association’s California Conference in Pasadena on Monday October 24th. Titled “High-Speed Rail Station Plans: Not Your Mother’s TOD,” the panel will frame the nascent conversation about how High-Speed Rail (HSR) fits into the traditional North American understanding of … Continued
As a global architecture firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill handles projects in New York City and elsewhere, often as part of one assignment. For BBVA global financial services group, SOM’s interior design team is designing a 3.5-million-square-foot global workforce initiative. The interior designers are working with senior management at the bank on a “complete repositioning … Continued
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce has selected SOM as a finalist for two 2016 Excellence in Business Awards (Ebbies). The annual program recognizes businesses in the Bay Area for their innovation, vision, and contributions to quality of life in the community and workplace. SOM’s 350 Mission has been announced as a finalist in the … Continued
Keith Boswell, Technical Partner with SOM’s San Francisco office, has been named to the Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) College of Fellows. This is the highest award bestowed by the institute, and individuals selected as Fellows are considered lifetime members. At SOM, Boswell orchestrates and oversees detailed design and construction documentation for all projects in the San Francisco office. He leads the … Continued
Landmarks Illinois, in partnership with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and the City of Elgin, released a study that explores reuse opportunities for the Elgin Laundry Building, a distinctive accordion-shaped facility designed by Bertrand Goldberg located on the former Elgin Mental Health Hospital grounds. The study identifies how the currently unused Elgin Laundry Building could be … Continued
Landmarks Illinois, working with the City of Elgin, Illinois, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) have released an extensive study into the reuse of the Elgin Laundry Building. The long span accordion-shaped structure was designed by Bertrand Goldberg and sits the former campus of the Elgin Mental Health Hospital. Currently vacant, the study explores how the … Continued
A preservation group has come up with ideas for reusing a laundry building that was on the Elgin Mental Health Center campus and is on land that now is owned by the city of Elgin. … Landmarks Illinois commissioned the report, which was paid for with an anonymous financial gift and involved the input of … Continued
Thursday marked the opening of a new federal courthouse on 1st Street, in the city’s downtown civic center. The $350-million glass cube structure replaces a stately but outdated courthouse a few blocks away that has been in use since 1940. With 24 courtrooms and chambers for 32 judges on 10 floors, the new building will be … Continued
On Tuesday, October 11th, SOM Design Director José? Luis Palacios, Associate Andrew Krebs, and Senior Designer Garth Ramsey will give a presentation entitled “Integrated Curtain Wall Design: Design-Build Process of the L.A. Federal Courthouse” at the Facade Tectonics 2016 World Congress. Keith Boswell, Technical Partner in SOM’s San Francisco office, will also attend the conference to moderate a discussion on the topic of acoustics. … Continued