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P.S. 62 Project Team Receives 2016 Best New Infrastructure Award at Ceremony

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The project team for P.S. 62 The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability? attended a ceremony on March 3rd, 2016, to receive the 2016 Best New Infrastructure Award? in the MASterworks Awards?. At the event, SOM, In:Posse, Brandston Partnership, Inc., and the New York City School Construction Authority were recognized for their project’s significant contribution to New York’s built environment?. Located … Continued

The Making of Mumbai’s Terminal 2

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It’s not an easy task to build an all-new airport terminal, but doing so while the current airport is still fully operating and passengers are checking in, boarding and taking off like clockwork is even more difficult. That’s what happened as the integrated Terminal 2 (T2) at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was being constructed—the … Continued

Data Sculpture Turns a San Francisco Building into a Stunning Morphing Visual

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LA-based artist Refik Anadol has turned the media wall of the 350 Mission Building in San Francisco into otherworldly digital sculptures. The public art work is called Virtual Depictions and uses parametric data from the city to create the stunning, dynamic visuals that are never the same twice. The spectacular morphing patterns that result not … Continued

Metropolis Magazine and SOM Host Event on Transformative Collaborations

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Great ideas deserve to be put into practice. Partnerships between universities and the public and private sectors made the moon shot and the Internet possible. Today, environmental and social concerns demand equally transformative collaborations. On Wednesday, March 16th, join Metropolis Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Susan Szenasy at SOM Chicago for a conversation on the changing nature of partnerships … Continued

American Society of Landscape Architects Awards Guiyang Nanming Culture CBD Master Plan

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The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), New York Chapter, has selected SOM’s Guiyang Nanming Culture CBD Master Plan as a 2016 Merit Award winner. Leveraging the growth potential of Guiyang, a vibrant city poised to play a significant role in the rapid development of inland China, the project advocates for the renewal of Guiyang’s … Continued

SOM in Special Exhibition: Chicago and Busan, Present with Past

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SOM’s architectural work on tall buildings and urban planning work in Chicago will be showcased in the exhibition “Chicago and Busan, Present with Past” that takes place in Busan, South Korea on October 7-18. The special exhibition, which explores Chicago’s connections with its sister city Busan, is part of the 2015 Busan International Architectural Culture … Continued

Largest Gifts in Barnard History to Support New Teaching and Learning Center

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Barnard has received the three largest gifts in its history, totaling $70 million, from three prominent New York families… The gifts, which will aid in the creation of a 128,000 square foot teaching and learning center, are also a key component in Barnard becoming one of the first liberal arts colleges among its peers to institute … Continued

A First Look at the Future of Medical Education

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On October 23, 2015, approximately 100 guests attended a preview of Geffen Hall, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA’s new medical-education building that will transform the future of medicine and is slated to open in the fall of 2016. … Designed to foster the most effective methods of teaching and learning currently available, with the flexibility … Continued

Check Out This Super Cool Sustainable 3-D Printed House and Car Combo

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Ever wanted to live completely off the grid? Thanks to the work of the architectural minds behind 1 World Trade Center and scientists from Tennessee, 3-D printing technology could one day be used to do just that. Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and College of … Continued

This 3D-Printed Building and Car can Share Energy Wirelessly

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The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has revealed a 3D-printed building, designed by the prominent architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in collaboration with researchers from ORNL. It is an energy-efficient building that can produce and store renewable energy and share it wirelessly with the associated 3D-printed car. The platform … Continued