Inside the Wood Pavilion at this year’s AIA Convention, we had the chance to chat with Benton Johnson of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) about SOM’s research on using wood for highrise buildings. Although wood is a sustainable and efficient material, it hasn’t entered the world of skyscraper construction yet. However, through their Timber Tower … Continued
Even the architecture of the building, created by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which masterminded Canary Wharf and Broadgate, is ambitiously conceived. Roof gardens and restaurants reside inside large chunks that have been torn out of the tower to create a “cantilevered” skyscraper. Angled windows also create a serrated edge that throws jagged shafts of light … Continued
It might be the biggest thing to happen in downtown Miami since Henry Flagler brought his railroad south and created downtown Miami. And it’s happening sooner than you might think, on the same long-vacant acreage where Flagler built his little Miami train depot more than a century ago.
Longtime design magazine hand Jenna McKnight, who’s worked for Architectural Record and database-cum-blog Architizer, became SOM’s new digital editor in May 2013. … Her goals include not only burnishing SOM’s exterior image but keeping the sprawling firm in touch with itself, using digital media as a common forum for staffers spread out across three continents.
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the five-story academic building topped with student housing on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 14th Street aggressively embraces its urban setting wearing a vivid zig zag expression of vertical circulation on its sleeve.
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, which turns 40 this week, holds a special place for me. It was designed by the late Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where I had my first job and where I spent many formative hours studying the work of this master architect.
The rigidity of mass timber panels has tended to restrict architects to a “house of cards” design, whereby panels are slotted together and stacked on top of one another in repetitive patterns. But new innovations are coming thick and fast … mega-firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill published a study that re-imagines the 42-storey Dewitt Chestnut … Continued
Lexicon (Savills 020 7205 4118) is a 36-storey tower designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Lexicon is a joint venture between developer Mount Anvil and housing association Affinity Sutton. The tower, which will be the tallest in Islington, has 307 one-, two- and three-bedroom flats. There will be 107 affordable flats available through Affinity … Continued
A career at SOM is part of a personal professional journey. One has the opportunity to choose along the way to focus on that which one is absolutely the best, and allow others to do the same. My passion for the design process and my experience led me to focus on the design management of … Continued
Three SOM projects have been selected as winners in the annual Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, organized by the National Council of Structural Engineers Association. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2, the Denver Union Station Train Hall, and the San Bernardino Justice Center were each recognized in separate categories, which were defined by overall project … Continued