Architect Magazine has unveiled its list of the 50 best architecture firms in the US, with Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Gensler taking the top three slots in the overall ranking, respectively. The rankings are based on scores from three categories: Business, Sustainability and Design. This year the methodology … Continued
With legendary San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s pitcher Vida Blue and forward Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors on hand to cheer, 33 runners from SOM competed in the 31st annual San Francisco J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge on September 9, 2015. This year’s sold-out event, with 10,000 entrants from 330 companies, raised money … Continued
For the second year running, SOM’s London office in The Broadgate Tower will host an open house on Saturday, September 19 from 12 to 4 p.m. Guided tours from staff will offer the public an opportunity to see our studio space within a building designed by the firm, and to see the inner workings of … Continued
Fast Company magazine announced today that All Aboard Florida has won a 2015 Innovation by Design Award. All Aboard Florida is the only privately owned, operated, and financed transportation project of its kind being developed in the United States today. The 235-mile rail network connects South Florida to Central Florida, providing a vital new service … Continued
Designed by a team led by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the new project will take the existing 196,317 square-foot building and add 7,499 square feet to it. Upgrades to the site will include pedestrian pathways through the site, “linear gardens” along Olympic Boulevard, new glass curtain walls at the entries, and plenty of new courtyards … Continued
Covered in solar panels, with a wind turbine spinning above and geothermal wells pumping below, Staten Island’s newest public school is an icon of energy efficiency. But officials at Public School 62, which opened today in New York City’s fifth borough, say they hope that most of the energy savings will be due to what … Continued
In the 2015 edition of the Architect 50, an annual ranking of top design firms, Architect Magazine has recognized SOM’s leadership across all categories. With a top-ten ranking in all three primary criteria—Business, Sustainability, and Design—SOM took second place overall among the top 50 firms. The annual awards program is administered by Architect Magazine, the … Continued
After years of building cookie-cutter libraries that failed to live up to Chicago’s reputation as the first city of American architecture, the city has finally broken the mold with an elegant new branch in Chinatown. This rounded triangle of steel and glass, its exterior lined with bronze-colored aluminum fins, is everything its banal, prototype predecessors … Continued
A building that produces all the energy it requires, without sacrifices to its operations or concessions of human comfort, might sound like pie in the sky. But according to the New Buildings Institute (NBI), 160 commercial and institutional buildings in the U.S. are targeting or have achieved net zero energy—meaning that, over the course of … Continued
Chicago: Construction is complete on the Jiangxi Nanchang Greenland Zifeng Tower, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and located in the Gaoxin District of Nanchang, China. The building was voted this year’s “favorite completed high-rise building” by the nationwide technical staff of the Greenland Group, the building’s owner and China’s leading development company. … Continued