The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of three of its five annual awards programs: the Robert L. Wesley Award, the European Research Prize, and the Research Prize. Robert L. Wesley Award The Robert L. Wesley Award supports BIPOC undergraduate students enrolled in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering … Continued
In its December issue, titled “Engineering Art,” the Japanese publication A+U Magazine explores the role that engineers can play in realizing works of art and the possibilities that these collaborations create. Connections between the two disciplines illustrate a role for the engineer that goes beyond execution, “shaping a process that modifies the project itself,” guest … Continued
The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations has won a 2023 Merit Award for its interior design from the AIA New York Chapter. The jury recognized the diplomatic building’s attention to detail, the quality of its lighting, and the feeling that the spaces captured the character and identity of the … Continued
The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) Best of Design Awards 2022 celebrates outstanding built and unbuilt architecture projects worldwide. After receiving more than twice as many submissions as last year, AN selected the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United Nations for an honorable mention in the Institutional Interiors category. Additionally, SOM’s New … Continued
95 State at City Creek, a 25-story tower in Salt Lake City’s financial district, was recognized as the 2022 Project of the Year by Utah Construction & Design Magazine. The typologically complex project integrates two Latter Day Saints (LDS) Meetinghouses, a commercial office tower, retail spaces, and a pedestrian tunnel that links directly to the … Continued
We are proud to share our annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) report. As the second published survey of initiatives, projects, and efforts across our global practice to achieve the goals defined in SOM’s 2020 DEI Action Plan, this report continues our commitment to maintaining an open dialogue about equity in our firm, in our … Continued
On January 7, 2023, the American Buddhist Cultural Society (ABCS) celebrated breaking ground on a six-story temple on San Francisco’s Van Ness Avenue. The new, SOM-designed San Bao Temple will provide classrooms, a community dining hall, indoor and outdoor meditation spaces, a striking shrine room, and private dormitories for visiting monastics and volunteers from around … Continued
The American Institute of Architects’ D.C. chapter has selected the SOM-designed Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse as one of two winners of the 2022 Unbuilt Washington Award. The award program recognizes excellence in theoretical and commissioned projects from designers based in the Washington, D.C. region. Meeting the needs of the U.S. District Court for the Southern … Continued
Now in its seventeenth year, Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards recognizes the most significant work from designers and architects worldwide. SOM’s New York City studio won the 2022 Best of Year Award in the “Firm’s Own Office: Domestic” Category. Two additional SOM projects were honored: The Trade Desk New York Office, in the “Office … Continued