american architecture office skidmore, owings & merrill (SOM) has been chosen ahead of four other practices, including zaha hadid to complete scandinavia’s tallest building. initiated by the SERNEKE group, the 230 meter tower is part of a larger development covering 32,000 square meters. this masterplan comprises residential accommodation, office space and a variety of retail … Continued
American firm SOM and Danish studio Entasis have triumphed in a competition to design a skyscraper for Gothenburg that will be more than twice as high as the Swedish city’s current tallest building. With a proposed height of 230 metres, the Polestar Tower will tower over the 100-metre Gothia New Tower – the city’s tallest … Continued
The London office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) has won an international competition to build one of the tallest skyscrapers in Scandinavia with their design, The Polestar Tower. The 60-storey, 230-meter high building is part of an urban revitalization project for the Swedish city of Gothenburg in celebration of the city’s 400th birthday.
The London office of SOM has beaten four other finalists, including Zaha Hadid and Ian Simpson, to win the contest to design one of the tallest buildings in Scandinavia. The practice also saw off Manuelle Gautrand Architecture of France and Swedish outfit Wingårdh arkitektkontor to land the project for a 230m-tall, mixed-use tower in Gothenburg.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) with Copenhagen architects Entasis, and COWI Denmark and COWI Sweden have been announced as winners of an international design competition to conceptualise the tallest building in the Nordic region. The winning design for the Polestar Tower reaches 230m in height. The competition was initiated by contractor SERNEKE and the City … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) won the competition to design what will be the tallest building in Scandinavia: Polstjärnan (the Polestar Tower) in Gothenburg, Sweden, will top out at just under 755 feet tall. SOM is working with Copenhagen, Denmark-based firm Entasis and consulting group COWI. An observation deck will top the residential tower, which … Continued
SOM has been selected to design a new residential building in Gothenburg that will be Swedens tallest tower. Coming out on top against an international shortlist that included Zaha Hadid Architects, SOM’s 230m tall proposal The Pole Star’ features four connected prisms which twist 90 degrees near the top. The competition, run by developers Serneke, … Continued
A decade ago, travelers arriving at Denver’s sprawling new airport would look out over a vast expanse of flat, prairie dog-infested grassland and wonder if their plane had somehow fallen short of its destination. … Last month, arriving visitors boarded the first trains headed for downtown, a journey that zips past a new Japanese-style “smart … Continued
If you think Santiago Calatrava’s transportation hub and shopping mall looks like a bird (or a stegosaurus), you might find 3 World Trade Center next door reminding you of an upside-down Popsicle, with the stick at the top… Such buildings — concrete cores and steel perimeters — are called “composite” or “mixed” structures, said William … Continued
In the introduction to her new book One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building, Judith Dupré — the author of the bestseller Skyscrapers — calls its designers Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) “a firm with unparalleled expertise in skyscraper design.” The practice, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, recently won numerous A+ Awards for projects that include … Continued