Click here to view on the SOM China site.?????????SOM????? Click here to download SOM’s China Tour presentation.??????SOM???????? The worldwide leadership of the SOM City Design Practice will meet with urban planning colleagues and students in major Chinese cities during May 2014 in order to exchange experiences and views about shared responsibilities in ensuring livable and … Continued
On July 22, 2015, Ellen Lou, SOM Director of Urban Design and Planning, and Lucy Ling, SOM Associate Director, will give a lecture at China’s Tenth Annual Conference on Urban Development and Planning. There, Lou and Ling will discuss how urban design can balance socioeconomic development with healthy ecological objectives, highlighting SOM’s Baietan Urban Design … Continued
Chicago, IL: A June 28, 2012 groundbreaking ceremony will inaugurate the first phase of a 1.4-million square feet (130,000-square-meter) master plan by Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) for The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. Demolition will commence on a parking garage at the south end of the hospital’s complex — clearing the way for … Continued
Chicago, IL: The University of North Carolina (UNC) will celebrate the opening of the new Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)-designed Genome Sciences Building (GSB) in Chapel Hill on Oct. 12, 2012. The building is an integral part of UNC’s Bell Tower District master plan — also designed by SOM — that strengthens connections between … Continued
The first glimpses of Master Plan 2014 were unveiled at a Town Hall session held on April 9 in the Student Union Theater in Storrs. Included in the presentation by Lisa Gould and Doug Voigt of the architectural, design, and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) was an outline of the process that will … Continued
Douglas Voigt, SOM Director of Urban Design and Planning, will give the keynote lecture at “Visualizing the Smarter City,” a symposium hosted by the UNC Charlotte Urban Design Program, on March 26, 2015. His presentation will investigate the interactions between emerging technologies, urbanism, and meaningful place-making. The event is hosted by the UNC Charlotte School … Continued
Douglas Voigt, SOM Director of Urban Design and Planning, will present “The Human Footprint” at The University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) College of Architecture and Design as part of the Governor’s Chair Seminar Series on October 23, 2014. The series is held by the Governor’s Chair for Energy and Urbanism, a partnership between UTK, Oak Ridge National Laboratory … Continued
Airports used to run off landing and lease fees. Now they rely equally on retail to keep the lights on. Most of us can tell. An airport is among the most challenging structures to design—the architectural equivalent of a fugue—partly because movement in it is both various and constrained. International arrivals cannot mix with domestic … Continued
SOM Director Derek A.R. Moore will lead a session at the 2016 Airport Planning, Design and Construction Symposium on Wednesday, March 2nd. Jointly organized by the Airport Consultants Council and the American Association of Airport Executives, the event brings together airport authorities, planners, designers, engineers, contractors, and manufacturers. This year’s edition takes place on March … Continued
At a ceremony on June 28, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recognized recipients of the distinguished Honor Awards, which recognize excellence and distinction in architecture, urban design, and interior architecture. Daniel Ringelstein, SOM Director, and Kristopher Takacs, SOM, Associate Director, accepted awards for the Son Tra Peninsula Strategic Vision Plan and Denver Union Station. … Continued