Exchange House, an elegant ten-story office building that spans over the merging tracks of London’s Liverpool Street Station, has been awarded the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) prestigious 25-Year Award for 2015. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed and engineered the building, completed in 1990 and located in London’s Broadgate Development. Exchange House’s site marked … Continued
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced this year’s recipients of the distinguished Institute Honor Awards, recognizing excellence and distinction in architecture, urban architecture, and interior architecture. SOM’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice won in the Architecture Category, and the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts District Master Plan won in the Regional & Urban … Continued
Four projects have been selected by the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) for honorably expanding the role of the architect beyond the building and into the realms of urban design, regional and city planning, and community development. These projects will be honored with the AIA’s Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design at the … Continued
At the beginning of each year The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat publishes a study and report that examines all 200m+ tall buildings that were completed during the previous year.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2015 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. Selected from roughly 500 submissions, 23 recipients located throughout the world will be honored at the AIA 2015 National Convention and Design Exposition … Continued
The American Institute of Architects has announced 23 winners for the 2015 edition of its annual awards, including a visitor centre for the Wild Turkey Bourbon distillery, a cube-shaped courthouse and BIG’s subterranean maritime museum in Denmark (+ slideshow). Designs by SOM, KieranTimberlake, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Thomas Phifer and Partners were among those recognised … Continued
Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay announced its scheduled opening in early 2015 at the center of the capital city of Manama. When completed, Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay will rise 68 stories above the bay on its own 12 acre oval-shaped manmade island. At its base, architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill conceived a layout of … Continued
There’s no better compliment—and no more blistering insult—than one from your peers, especially when it comes to professions that trade in super-specialized knowledge like architecture. So when your peers talk, you listen. That’s definitely the case with the American Institute of Architects’s annual honors, which is one of the most telling awards out there; 11 … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill can update their track record of AIA awards with the recent win of their sixth AIA Twenty-Five Year Award for the Exchange House at the Broadgate development in central London. Since 1969, the AIA bestows its sought-after Twenty-Five Year Award to a completed building that has continued to convey architectural design … Continued
The SOM Women’s Initiative (SOMWI) hosted its fourth annual winter internship from January 6-9, 2015, for outstanding female students currently studying architecture, engineering, or related fields. Intended to offer critical office exposure and mentorship to women who plan to pursue a career in the design profession, the program gives students the opportunity to several days … Continued