Sky-high refinement Like a honed piece of exquisite glassware, Baccarat Hotel & Residences distinguishes itself within its surroundings through its formal restraint and focus on detail. Its exterior is a study in contrast. The tower’s 605-foot-tall east and west elevations—its main structural components—are sheathed in faceted, jet black aluminum panels, referencing the austerity and minimalism … Continued
A dynamic mix 252 East 57th Street is a 65-story luxury mixed-use tower in Midtown Manhattan that rests atop two public schools and commercial retail. The project—the result of a public-private partnership with the Educational Construction Fund and the World Wide Group with Rose Associates—organizes its residential program with rental units on the lower floors … Continued
Designed by artist Phillip K. Smith III, Santa Monica Linear is a singular, monolithic gesture: a horizontal line of reflected sky inserted into a vertical plane of lush green landscape. Smith engaged SOM’s structural engineers to work with him in achieving a perfectly level, extruded form, free from internal structural elements. The result is a … Continued
777 Aviation is a three-story glass and steel building in El Segundo, California, designed by modernist architect Craig Ellwood. SOM’s design repurposes the 1968 office—a former headquarters for Xerox Corporation—and transforms it into a contemporary, multi-tenant creative workplace. Originally designed with deep, vast floor plates to serve a single company, the building needed a more … Continued
SOM Graphics provided a comprehensive graphics program for this interactive children’s museum located at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. The scope included reinvention of the logo, establishment of graphic standards, and implementation of a signage program, which consisted of site markers, wayfinding, and donor recognition. Major features include freestanding directional signs and donor … Continued
Rising at the confluence of Lake Michigan and the Chicago River, 400 Lake Shore will reshape the skyline with two towers reaching nearly 900 feet, articulated with terraces that cascade down the eastern facades. Tapering in both plan and section, the towers frame a view of the lake, while angling back towards the cityscape. The … Continued
Unlocking the potential of a complex site Manhattan West is one of the largest and most complex developments in recent history in New York City. The project, bound by Ninth and Tenth Avenues and West 31st and West 33rd Streets, is built almost entirely above railroad tracks leading to Moynihan Train Hall and Pennsylvania Station. … Continued
1245 Broadway is a 23-story boutique Class A office building at the center of the burgeoning NoMad district, one of the most active and quickly changing neighborhoods in Manhattan. Located at the corner of 31st Street and Broadway, the project comprises approximately 200,000 square feet of office space, with retail on the ground floor. In … Continued
A step toward the future As the first building erected at the World Trade Center site since September 11, 2001, and with the site’s master plan then still in the works, 7 World Trade Center established a vision for the future of the district. It set a new benchmark for environmental performance as one of … Continued
The National Museum of the United States Army walks visitors through every generation of the Army, focusing not on battles or wars, but on the individual soldier – a centuries-long narrative of honor, sacrifice, and valor. Its site traverses 84 acres of the Fort Belvoir Military Installation, a bucolic site located just 20 miles outside … Continued