Ridership aboard U.S. public transportation in 2014 is expected to top last year’s figures. 2013 saw more riders on public transportation than any year since 1956, according to the American Public Transportation Association. Denver’s revamped Union Station transportation center helped increase the city’s third-quarter light rail ridership by 6.3%, according to APTA. Bus riders increased … Continued
Chicago: Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP (SOM) has been chosen to design the courthouse tower that will anchor the new Marion County Justice Complex, located in Indianapolis. The project will relocate and consolidate courts, corrections, and other related offices and agencies to the 45-acre former site of the General Motors Stamping Plant. The project was awarded … Continued
SOM Associate Julie Hiromoto will be a featured speaker at Credai Gujcon, a construction and building material expo held in Ahmedabad, India, on December 21st. Hiromoto’s presentation, titled “The Making of One World Trade Center,” will provide an overview of the 1,776-foot tower, which opened this fall in New York City. Hiromoto served as the … Continued
From November 3 to December 3, 2014, SOM held the #WelcomeOneWTC photo contest to mark the official opening of One World Trade Center. The winner, photographer Gerry Padden, was announced on December 10, 2014. Here, the firm presents a number of other standout submissions from contest participants. A second group of photographs will be shared … Continued
in 2014, the first offices opened for use in the landmark one world trade center tower, designed by skidmore, owings & merrill. thirteen years after the tragic events of 9/11, the occasion marks a key moment in the lineage of the lower manhattan site, re-establishing its potential as a business center. beyond this, the freedom … Continued
On December 18, 2014, staff from SOM’s New York office hosted a Disney-themed holiday party for youth at the Children’s Aid Society, a nonprofit that helps children in poverty to succeed and thrive. Held at the organization’s Taft Day Early Childhood Center in East Harlem, SOM employees provided gifts, snacks, and entertainment for children ages … Continued
Ultimately, my favorite part of this beguiling exhibition is the large model of the city done with digital modeling by the local office of the architectural firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill. It extends from the bay to Van Ness Avenue, the Transamerica Pyramid almost to AT&T Park. Many of the individual buildings were generated with … Continued
The data feedback loop extends beyond the project, as well. Firms like Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are creating databases of past project information and geometries for use on future work. If a particular design component worked well on a project, the firm will be able to share that information for use on other designs. This … Continued
From November 3 to December 3, 2014, SOM held the #WelcomeOneWTC photo contest to mark the official opening of One World Trade Center. The winner, photographer Gerry Padden, was announced on December 10, 2014. Here, the firm presents a number of other standout submissions from contest participants. SOM recently shared a group of stunning entries from … Continued
The second building from Moscow-City to make the top 10 is a 352-metre tower by skyscraper veteran SOM, whose portfolio extends from Chicago’s Willis Tower and John Hancock Center, to One World Trade Center and the Burj Khalifa. The OKO South Tower is one of two faceted skyscrapers underway on the site, connected at the … Continued