Architect, educator, and activist Natalie de Blois, who died in July of this year, worked on some of the most iconic modern architecture in America in the mid-20th century — including the Lever House (1952), the Pepsi Cola World Headquarters (1960), and the Union Carbide Corporation Headquarters (1962). As part of the New York and … Continued
Splashier airports attract aerial photographers in droves, but Changi makes no such grand architectural statement. Instead, it woos the common traveler who may be stuck here for a few hours. It is not a hermetically sealed purgatory, thanks to a straightforward design that incorporates open-air spaces, including rooftop terraces and an out-?door swimming pool. Its … Continued
Ground was broken for the new two-story Roche Diagnostics Training Center, designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM). The 87,135-sf building’s crisp white metal and glass forms will establish a new brand identity for the Swiss-based pharmaceutical company’s Indianapolis campus, whose buildings were built collectively by a previous owner. Careful attention to sustainable features … Continued
Design on the Edge: Chicago Architects Reimagine Neighborhoods asks leading creative thinkers to tackle challenges facing the city’s communities. The exhibition features visionary plans devised by Darryl Crosby, Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen, Jeanne Gang, Doug Garofalo with Xavier Vendrell, Patricia Natke, John Ronan, and Ross Wimer. Their cutting-edge concepts for seven neighborhoods inspire Chicagoans … Continued
It may not be in quite the same league as finding the remains of Richard III under a parking lot in Leicester, or fragments of Chinese pottery dating back 20,000 years. But last week the discovery of a thousand or more shards of colorful Tiffany glass, stumbled on while clearing the site of a former … Continued
Extell Development Company announced today that New York Loan Company, one of the country’s most exclusive collateral lenders specializing in confidential pawn loans against gold, jewelry, diamonds, watches, fine art and entertainment memorabilia, is the first office condominium owner to open for business at the company’s International Gem Tower (IGT) on West 47th Street in … Continued
Tall buildings can no longer rest on their iconic status to justify outsize energy consumption. That is the message one hears from architects and engineers of tall buildings today, whose clients are asking for more efficient structures, whether they be megatall buildings that exceed 1,968 feet, as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and … Continued
Chicago, IL: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) called on downtown office building tenants like themselves to take the next step in major energy savings and exceed the Chicago Energy Challenge commitments announced today by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Working with its own landlord at the historic Santa Fe Building, 224 S. Michigan Ave., SOM is … Continued
When you open the Lego Architecture Studio set you’ll find 1,200 white and translucent bricks. What you won’t find are instructions for what to do with them. Instead, the set includes a 200-page guidebook filled with architectural concepts, Lego exercises, and insights from several renowned firms, all intended to give budding builders a resource for … Continued
The movement to construct tall buildings largely with wood as an environmentally friendlier alternative to steel and concrete has received a boost from an unusual source — a leading architectural firm known for its towers of steel and concrete. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the Chicago-based firm that has designed a long list of skyscrapers, including … Continued