Architect Magazine has awarded Timber Tower with an honorable mention in its annual R+D Awards, formally announced in the publication’s July issue. Spearheaded by Benton Johnson, SOM Associate in the Chicago office, the structural engineering research project examines how tall buildings can use mass timber as the main structural material in order to minimize embodied … Continued
Recently completed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the 16-story University Center for The New School brings together learning, living, dining, and socializing all in one location—giving the New York City institution not only a centralized home, but something that embodies the University’s pedagogy.
SOM architects will lead a tour of the University Center at The New School as part of Archtober’s “Building of the Day” program. Archtober is the annual month-long festival of architecture, which will take place during the month of October in New York City. The Archtober “Building of the Day” celebrates contemporary and iconic buildings … Continued
With a single roof that ascends more than 40 m above ground level and spans an area of over 450,000 m2, architectural giants SOM add another biggest’ to their list. But this one—Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2—is a horizontal act. An estimated 40 million people a year will be using the facility.
SOM’s Mount Sinai Hess Center for Science and Medicine has won a 2014 National Healthcare Design Award from the American Institute of Architects and the Academy of Architecture for Health. Envisioned as a place of discovery and healing, the Hess Center is shaped by its translational research mission and urban context. Located in Upper Manhattan, … Continued
The high-performing glass structure that will run on wind and hydroelectric energy juts out of a square base into eight isosceles triangles that form an octagon floor pattern in the middle and lead into a square parapet on top. The building also features a 408-foot antenna, underground corridors that will lead to the nearby transit … Continued
On August 8, SOM, Equity Community Builders and Plant Construction will lead a special tour and presentation of The Strand, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) for members of the Urban Land Institute of San Francisco. SOM’s renovation of the Strand Theater resurrects the 100-year-old movie theater on San Francisco’s Market Street to provide a highly visible … Continued
It may be the most ambitious intercity passenger rail project in the nation today. By the end of 2016, All Aboard Florida will connect Orlando to Miami, with intermediate stops in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. “By connecting Central and South Florida, in a way we’re going back to the future, because it was … Continued
SOM’s Jin Mao Tower has been named a Performance Award Finalist by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The 420-meter-high Jin Mao Tower was China’s tallest building at the time of its completion and today remains its most iconic. In a statement, CTBUH notes that the building has “actively maintained key performance … Continued
Today, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City is a sprawling urban park of clinics, blood banks, and long-term care units separated by wide swaths of parking located right in Abu Dhabi’s green heart. The oldest and most prominent of these buildings is Abu Dhabi Central Hospital, a yellow brick fortress erected in the late 1960s, and already … Continued