Building on a progressive legacy For more than a century, The New School has been at the forefront of progressive education, with design and social research driving approaches to studying contemporary issues. In recent decades, the school has built on this legacy to grow into a major degree-granting university with 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students. … Continued
SOM collaborated with the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), the oldest and largest association of historically Black colleges and universities in America, to envision a long-term development strategy. The consortium’s four member institutions—Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College—are located in close proximity, immediately west of Atlanta’s thriving downtown. The … Continued
A boutique office in a bustling neighborhood 28&7 is a new Class-A boutique office building in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at the corner of 28th Street and Seventh Avenue, directly adjacent to the Fashion Institute of Technology, the building stands at a dynamic crossroads—with the NoMad district to the east and Penn Station … Continued
Expanding the Naval Academy’s curriculum Built almost 50 years since the United States Naval Academy (USNA) last erected a building on its historic campus in Annapolis, Maryland, Hopper Hall transforms the academic experience for midshipmen with a building designed specifically for cyber studies. Named for Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneer in computer science, it … Continued
New life for a city landmark Originally completed in 1914, the Cook County Hospital building is a designated Chicago Landmark and once stood as the symbolic heart of the Illinois Medical District healthcare community. Vacant for nearly two decades, the building had fallen into a severe state of disrepair and was threatened with demolition. Instead, … Continued
Modernizing the airport The new terminal at Kansas City International Airport—designed, planned, and engineered by SOM with design-builder Clark | Weitz | Clarkson (CWC)—is a state-of-the-art travel hub that will transform the existing airport. This 1.1-million-square-foot building replaces the original, overcrowded terminals, built in 1972, with a single 39-gate complex designed to expand to 50 … Continued
Bringing sustainable transit to Florida More than nine million people live between Miami and Orlando. Together with an estimated 100 million annual visitors to the region, drivers make more than 110 million car trips each year between these cities. Florida endures some of the most congested roadways in the United States, and produces nearly one … Continued
Reimagining the science center for the 21st century Since its founding in 1870, Wellesley College has been a pioneer in science education for women. More than a century and a half later, SOM reimagined the institution’s science center to accommodate an increased demand for STEM education and a 21st-century style of learning. With new spaces … Continued
Uniting academia and industry In 2014, the University of Connecticut sought to create a new campus that would serve as a platform to educate and inspire future generations of scientists and engineers, while bolstering the state’s economy. The institution tapped SOM to design the master plan for this campus, and out of this plan came … Continued
Design for diplomacy For more than half a century, the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan has been a center of international diplomacy. The neighborhood’s transformation began with the completion of the United Nations headquarters in 1950, and continued with permanent missions to the UN from countries around the world. Located along Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, the … Continued