Moynihan Train Hall Wins Municipal Art Society of New York MASterworks Award

Moynihan Train Hall has won its 50th award. The Municipal Art Society of New York has selected the transportation hub as the Best New Infrastructure winner in its 2022 MASterworks Award program, which honors projects that make a significant impact on New York City’s built environment. Debbie Millman, host of Design Matters and a 2022 … Continued

Billie Jean King Main Library Wins Metropolis Magazine Planet Positive Award

Metropolis Magazine’s Planet Positive Awards honor equitable projects which have addressed human and ecosystem health, and climate change. The Billie Jean King Main Library has been awarded the program’s 2022 Civic/Cultural Award.  The SOM-designed public library boasts a heavy timber structure, low energy needs, on-site renewables, low embodied carbon, low water needs, responsible on-site water … Continued

SOM Welcomes Twelve New Design Leaders

In expanding its leadership team, the 86-year-old firm continues to push the boundaries of architecture, design management, technical design, and structural engineering Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) welcomes four new Partners and eight new Principals. With decades of expertise in design, technology, research, and sustainability, SOM’s new leaders will continue to propel the building industry … Continued

First Glimpse of Proposed $239M Development at Slauson & Wall

Wellesley College Science Complex Opens

SOM helped Wellesley College achieve one of the largest and most ambitious building projects in its modern history: renovating and expanding an outdated science center into an inviting, integrated, sustainable, and flexible complex. Wellesley College and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) are celebrating the inauguration of the new Wellesley College Science Complex, a significant reimagination … Continued

800 Fulton Market Featured On WBEZ’s What’s That Building?

Live on today’s radio segment ‘What’s That Building,’ WBEZ explored the design of 800 Fulton Market in Chicago’s West Loop. “The braces aren’t there only as visual catnip for Instagrammers. They make the architectural concept of the building work, said Julie Michiels, a design director at SOM who led the interior work.” Learn more about … Continued

SOM Brings On Kenichiro Suzuki As a New Business Leader in Japan

As we continue to build our presence in the region, we are pleased to share that Kenichiro Suzuki is acting as our Japan Business Lead. Hailing from Tokyo and having previously worked at SOM in San Francisco for more than a decade, he will apply his knowledge of architecture and urban design to expand our … Continued

SOM’s Green Terra-cotta Facade for Disney’s New York Headquarters Takes Shape

SOM and TNS Studio-designed Englewood Connect Breaks Ground in Chicago’s South Side

Today, the City of Chicago and Mayor Lori Lightfoot broke ground on a mixed-use, community-focused development as a part of the Invest South/West initiative in Englewood. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) with TnS Studio as the interior designer, lead developer McLaurin Development Partners, and Farpoint Development, Englewood Connect will expand upon recent neighborhood … Continued

Urban Sequoia and SPLAM Selected as Finalists for Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award

Two SOM research projects have been named finalists in the 2022 Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards: Urban Sequoia and SPLAM Timber Pavilion. Chosen by Fast Company editors, alongside an expert jury of design professionals, selected projects represent an alternative to the “What’s Next?” design strategy, trading short-term solutions for long-term, considered thinking. Urban Sequoia … Continued