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SOM Wins Four Awards for Outstanding Achievement from Architectural Engineering Institute

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Chicago, IL: SOM has received four Professional Project Awards from the Architectural Engineering Institute. The prestigious accolades recognize outstanding achievements in design and construction around the globe. Pearl River Tower, a highly sustainable, 309-meter-tall tower in Guangzhou, China, won both an Award of Excellence and Most Innovative Project Award in the mechanical systems design category. … Continued

SOM Wins Awards for Best Website and Best Marketing Campaign

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SOM has won two Marketing Communication Awards from the New York chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS). The firm won Best Website for the new SOM.com and Best Marketing Campaign for the publication, SOM in New York City: A Self-Guided Tour Book. The firm will be honored during a gala on June … Continued

SOM Wins Arch Record’s ‘Good Design is Good Business’ Award

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New York, NY: SOM, the renowned architecture, engineering, interiors and planning firm, is the recipient of the first ever Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business Lifetime Achievement Award. The firm was honored at the American Architectural Foundation’s 2012 Accent on Architecture Gala, held on March 9th in Washington, DC at the historic Andrew W. … Continued

SOM Tops Architect Magazine’s 2012 Architect 50 List

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New York, NY: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the acclaimed architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firm, has once again received a high ranking in Architect magazine’s annual Architect 50 list. Out of 134 participating firms, SOM has ranked number one in the design excellence/pro bono category and number seven overall. Now in … Continued

SOM to Design High-Speed Rail Hub in China

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Chicago, IL: SOM’s Chicago Office has won a competition to design a high-speed rail station and transportation hub at the heart of Tianjin, a new city being planned in north-east China. The station will be the terminal for China’s premier long-range, high-speed rail line featuring a train capable of traveling in speed of upwards of … Continued

SOM Takes Home Three SEGD Design Awards

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The SEGD Global Design Awards were established in 1987 to recognize excellence in environmental graphic design. They are the only international design awards focused on communication in the built environment.  Three of SOM’s projects, including the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Dublin Airport Pier D, and the Autodesk Customer Briefing Center, were recognized by the … Continued

SOM Reveals Plans for Singapore’s Tanjong Pagar Centre

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New York, NY: Plans were unveiled last week for Tanjong Pagar Centre, a large-scale integrated development in Singapore designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the renowned architecture, engineering, interiors and planning firm. Developed by GuocoLand, an award-winning developer in Singapore, the large-scale mixed-use project will contain 1.7-million square feet of Grade-A offices, prestigious … Continued

Aybars Asci to Speak at Symposium on Architectural Production Abroad

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SOM Director Aybars Asci will speak at a symposium focused on the global dissemination of architecture on February 25, 2015. The event, titled “Export Agendas: The Global Transfer and Translation of Architectural Expertise,” will bring together leading academics and practicing architects to discuss the ways in which U.S. architectural offices have exported architecture and practice … Continued

SOM Receives Two AIA Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design

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New York, NY:  The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has just announced the recipients of the distinguished Institute Honor Awards, recognizing excellence and distinction in architecture, urban architecture, and interior architecture. SOM was awarded 2 of the 6 winning projects in the Regional & Urban Design Category for the Denver Union Station Neighborhood Transformation project … Continued

SOM Receives Top AIA Honors for Regional + Urban Design

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Washington, D.C.: The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has just announced the recipients of the distinguished Institute Honor Awards, recognizing excellence and distinction in architecture, urban architecture, and interior architecture. From over 700 total submissions, SOM was awarded 3 of the 8 winning projects in the Regional & Urban Design Category for San Francisco’s Parkmerced … Continued