Each week, we tap into Dwell’s Instagram community to bring you the most viral design and architecture shots of the week. We love this photo posted by @k_mao of the ceiling of the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland.
Gunnar Hand, SOM Urban Designer, will take part in an Urban Land Institute Technical Assistance Panel (TAP) that will focus on Leimert Park in southern Los Angeles. Sponsored by the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, the two-day panel will gather experts from a number of fields to offer objective advice about complex … Continued
Giza, Egypt: 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 … Continued
When Denver needed a new transit hub, city leaders naturally looked at the city’s aging Union Station. Now after a massive expansion, Union Station is a monument to multimodalism, and a beautiful architectural mix of ornate old and shimmering new. The new Denver Union Station combines five transit modes with expansive new and refurbished public … Continued
For 250 years, French crystal brand Baccarat has excelled in its field. However, 18th March this year marked the company’s expansion into the world of hospitality – a market in which it will no doubt excel with similar precision. Though the building extends over 550ft into the New York skyline, the hotel only occupies … Continued
Small in scale—only 4.25 by 7 inches—the book is a pocket guide to the tallest structures ever erected. Its eight essays are designed to be short and accessible; it aims to provoke thought rather than provide exhaustive, encyclopedic analysis. This volume reveals the manifold implications of the skyscraper, which reach many otherwise distinct discourses (engineering, … Continued
On July 9, 2015, the San Francisco chapter of the SOM Women’s Initiative hosted Julia Donoho, a principal at Legal Constructs and co-founder of the Julia Morgan Foundation. As part of SOM’s First Thursday presentation series, Donoho discussed architect Julia Morgan’s education and how mentoring informed Morgan’s ability to design the transformative works that changed the profession … Continued
The New York State chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently announced the winners of its 2015 Design Awards. SOM’s University Center at The New School was honored with a citation in the Institutional category. The annual awards program celebrates the “creativity and imagination” of New York State architects through their projects across … Continued
A central challenge when restoring historic buildings is to decide what to save and when to turn the page. Preserve the essence of the past but also move forward. Better yet, do so while adding an element of surprise. Amid all the changes so far in the Mid-Market area, the revitalized Strand best strikes the … Continued
On July 23, 2015, Kent Jackson, SOM Design Director, will present a breakfast talk hosted by New London Architecture. At the event in London, Jackson will discuss SOM’s research into a new model for delivering vertical communities at intelligent densities which challenge existing residential models, spatial configurations, energy efficiencies, and construction methods to provide housing for … Continued