On Thursday, June 16th, Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel University, PennDOT, and SEPTA unveiled the Philadelphia 30th Street Station District Plan. Master-planned by SOM, this collaborative planning effort lays out the vision to develop a new city center around Philadelphia’s busiest transit hub. At the unveiling event at 30th Street Station, the project partners announced … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed the International Center of Photography’s new space on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Formally located in midtown, ICP now resides on the ground and below-grade levels of a residential building on the Bowery. “Our design,” says SOM design partner Roger Duffy, “strives to connect this important NYC arts institution with … Continued
SOM Structural and Civil Engineering Partner William F. Baker will deliver a keynote at the 2016 Future of Design symposium, hosted by the British Chapter of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. In his presentation, titled “Geometry and the Design of Structures,” Baker will discuss the confluence of engineering and architecture, shedding light … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the global firm responsible for many of the world’s highest and most high-tech skyscrapers, knows a few things about building high-rises. While their architects have created many of the most iconic steel-and-glass structures in the world, the firm has also made recent research investments in elevating another material, wood, as a … Continued
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s newest building has been honored in the 2016 AIA New York State Design Awards, an annual program that celebrates exceptional projects by New York-based architects.? Designed by SOM, the Center for Character and Leadership Development (CCLD) was recognized with a Citation in the Institutional category. The CCLD represents an important and symbolic addition to the U.S. Air Force Academy’s campus in Colorado Springs, … Continued
On August 5th, 2016, Engineering News-Record (ENR) honored two SOM projects in its 2016 Regional Best Projects Awards. The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground and the U.S. Air Force Academy Center for Character and Leadership Development were recognized among the best design and construction projects throughout the United States. The Kathleen Grimm School for … Continued
The new Center for Character & Leadership Development is one of the most important pieces of architecture to go up in Colorado — perhaps, in the entire West — in decades. That’s bold praise, but not less than this assertive building deserves; it rises with precision and purity, with shrewd sensitivity to its circumstances and … Continued
For years, architects have flirted with the idea of tall buildings made from mass timber, an engineered wood product that some argue is more sustainable than resource-intensive, nonrenewable steel. “Every design firm out there is trying to find more sustainable ways to build—it’s a good business practice,” says Benton Johnson, a structural engineer at SOM. … Continued
In December 1965, the psychic Jeane Dixon made a prediction: Chicago’s John Hancock Center would come tumbling down. … The 100-story building was to become the second-tallest structure in the world, and its radical design was unprecedented. Structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan, the man behind that design, was only 35 years old when he submitted … Continued
JTI Headquarters has been recognized in the 2016 International Architecture Awards. The program honors the best new architecture and urbanism projects from around the globe, and is organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, together with The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press, Ltd. Located … Continued