UAE Mission Wins AIANY Design Award

The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations has won a 2023 Merit Award for its interior design from the AIA New York Chapter. The jury recognized the diplomatic building’s attention to detail, the quality of its lighting, and the feeling that the spaces captured the character and identity of the … Continued

UAE Mission Honored in The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards

The Architect’s Newspaper (AN) Best of Design Awards 2022 celebrates outstanding built and unbuilt architecture projects worldwide. After receiving more than twice as many submissions as last year, AN selected the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the United Nations for an honorable mention in the Institutional Interiors category. Additionally, SOM’s New … Continued

95 State at City Creek Named Project of the Year

95 State at City Creek, a 25-story tower in Salt Lake City’s financial district, was recognized as the 2022 Project of the Year by Utah Construction & Design Magazine.  The typologically complex project integrates two Latter Day Saints (LDS) Meetinghouses, a commercial office tower, retail spaces, and a pedestrian tunnel that links directly to the … Continued

Read our 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report

We are proud to share our annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) report. As the second published survey of initiatives, projects, and efforts across our global practice to achieve the goals defined in SOM’s 2020 DEI Action Plan, this report continues our commitment to maintaining an open dialogue about equity in our firm, in our … Continued

Los Angeles’s Smart Mobility Plan Includes SOM-Designed Transit Shelters

American Buddhist Cultural Society Breaks Ground in San Francisco

On January 7, 2023, the American Buddhist Cultural Society (ABCS) celebrated breaking ground on a six-story temple on San Francisco’s Van Ness Avenue. The new, SOM-designed San Bao Temple will provide classrooms, a community dining hall, indoor and outdoor meditation spaces, a striking shrine room, and private dormitories for visiting monastics and volunteers from around … Continued

Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse Wins Unbuilt Washington Award from AIA | DC

The American Institute of Architects’ D.C. chapter has selected the SOM-designed Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse as one of two winners of the 2022 Unbuilt Washington Award. The award program recognizes excellence in theoretical and commissioned projects from designers based in the Washington, D.C. region. Meeting the needs of the U.S. District Court for the Southern … Continued

SOM’s New York Studio Wins Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Award

Now in its seventeenth year, Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards recognizes the most significant work from designers and architects worldwide. SOM’s New York City studio won the 2022 Best of Year Award in the “Firm’s Own Office: Domestic” Category. Two additional SOM projects were honored: The Trade Desk New York Office, in the “Office … Continued

Otemachi One Garden Opens with Week-Long Celebration

The final piece of Otemachi One, a new, 6,000-square-meter garden that complements one of the largest mixed-use developments undertaken in Tokyo’s Otemachi district, opened to the public on Friday, December 16. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., the developers of the project, are celebrating the opening in a series of events running … Continued

SOM Named Top Architecture Company at CTBUH 2022 International Conference

At this year’s Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) International Conference, SOM gathered with industry peers to share recent and upcoming work at conference programs in both Chicago and Shanghai. Our work received several awards and is featured in a new publication released at the conference, World’s 118 Tallest Buildings, which names SOM … Continued