Rudin Management Company, one of New York City’s leading owners, operators and developers of first-class real estate, has completed construction of the redesigned lobby and public areas of its distinctive 22-story office building at 560 Lexington Avenue, including its recently reopened subway entrance. The multi-million dollar project, which commenced in 2014, marks yet another important … Continued
The Rudin Management Co—one of New York’s leading and oldest real estate families—just completed a renovation of the lobby, public areas and subway entrance of the 400k SF tower at 560 Lexington Ave. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Rudin’s commissioned architectural firm, helped build the multimillion-dollar project, and used a lighter palette—replacing the brick and … Continued
Rudin Management Co. reports it has completed a multi-million redesign and renovation program at its 22-story 560 Lexington Ave. office building here. The capital improvements, designed by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, were focused on upgrades to the subway entrance, public plaza and lobby of the 400,000-square-foot office building on 50th Street. Work on … Continued
Egypt’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) has unveiled plans for its new nine-million-square-foot campus in Giza’s Sheikh Zayed City, situated approximately 17 miles west of central Cairo. When complete, the new NCI will combine a 1,000-bed teaching hospital with an extensive outpatient center. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, the project is targeting LEED … Continued
New York City’s One World Trade Center is one of the tallest buildings in the world. And, at least according to one organization that knows a thing or two about tall buildings, it’s one of the best. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) recently named One World Trade Center one of its … Continued
Looking to expand its footprint across 35 acres outside Cairo, Egypt’s National Cancer Institute has hired Skidmore Owings & Merrill to design and plan nine million square feet of healthcare space for an “international nexus of cancer research, education, and discourse” that is targeting LEED Gold.
Egypt’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) has unveiled plans for its new nine-million-square-foot campus outside Cairo. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the New National Cancer Institute will strengthen NCI’s position as the largest comprehensive cancer center in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. The facility will allow the institute to deliver life-changing services … Continued
Post-occupancy evaluation, or POE, is a diverse practice that can feed back data into the design process on everything from energy and water consumption to workplace satisfaction and even occupants’ sleep cycles. According to sustainability-minded architects, POE is a prerequisite to closing the all-too-frequent gap between predicted and actual performance A recent survey on the state … Continued
One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States, is one of four regional winners in the Best Tall Building Awards, a competition held annually by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). A panel of judges weighed the contributions of a record 123 entrants this year to select winners in … Continued
We don’t think much about glass; by its nature, it’s meant to be seen through, not seen. And yet the high-tech, high-strength glazing that covers today’s supertall buildings – skyscrapers over 1,200 feet, like One World Trade Center and the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai – is as important to the building’s performance as the steel … Continued