Moon Village, SOM and ESA’s concept for a permanent and sustainable human settlement on the moon, is featured in a new exhibit at the Espacio Fundación Telefónica in Madrid, Spain. Entitled The Great Imagination: Histories of the Future, the exhibition examines visions of the future from the 18th century to the present day. It opened … Continued
Moynihan Train Hall has been selected as one of three winners in the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards. The award is the highest national recognition bestowed upon a preservation project by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Train Hall expands Penn Station into the landmark James A. Farley Post Office Building—restoring … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) welcomes eight new Principals to its global leadership with decades of collective expertise in design, technology, applied research, sustainability, and beyond. Working across a diverse range of typologies, geographies and disciplines–from biophilic design to adaptive reuse, decarbonization to innovations in fabrication and construction–these new leaders are already driving the industry … Continued
The new Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters, located on the edge of a public park in one of Shenzhen’s key business districts, has made the shortlist for the MIPIM Asia Awards in two categories: Best Office Development and Best Green Development. The new headquarters responds to the region’s tropical climate through a series of biophilic … Continued
Across the river from downtown Nashville, the Riverside, led by real estate developer Ewing Properties and designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), will bring five million square feet of places to live, work, play, dine and enjoy the riverfront, woven together by three new public parks spanning over 25 acres. “Nashville was established because … Continued
Designers at SOM, working in collaboration with an advanced research team at the University of Manchester, have put forward a vision for an outer-space habitat enhanced with graphene—an ultra-rigid and ultra-light material with transformative potential for applications in outer space. Graphene, which was first isolated by Nobel Prize-winning scientists at Manchester in 2004, offers the … Continued
Sustainable Engineering Principal Luke Leung is speaking at the U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Webinar Series, “Planning for the Future: New and Improved Pandemic Protocols,” on Tuesday, October 19th, at 10 a.m. CT. Along with leading experts in the field, Luke will be discussing changes to pandemic preparedness and response plans and best practices … Continued
Two SOM projects, Taylor Street Apartments and Little Italy Branch Library in Chicago, and Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank Headquarters in China, have been given AIA Chicago’s Distinguished Building Award. The projects were recognized on Friday, October 15th at the AIA Chicago Designight 2021. SOM worked with the City of Chicago to design one of the … Continued