Located in Giza, a new 9-million-square-foot campus will establish the New National Cancer Institute as the largest comprehensive cancer center in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The multidisciplinary facility combines a 1,000-bed teaching hospital and outpatient facility with a research center, conference and training center, faculty and scientific center, nursing and medical technicians’ training … Continued
Anchoring a neighborhood’s transformation The SOM-led renovation of the Strand Theater revitalizes a 100-year-old movie theater on San Francisco’s Market Street to provide a highly visible performance space for the city’s preeminent theater company, American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). The redefined theater incorporates educational facilities, a new 282-seat theater, a 120-seat black box theater and rehearsal … Continued
A modern center for world-class healthcare A curved glass facade gives this women’s hospital a generous and expansive appearance, and its syncopated composition of vertical elements reflects the diverse functions housed within. The facility consolidates women’s services—providing healthcare to expectant mothers through the creation of spaces for diagnostic and treatment services, labor and delivery, ante- … Continued
Across China, rapid urbanization is radically diminishing agricultural landscapes. SOM’s Nanhu New Country Village Master Plan furthers the nation’s farm-reform goals, bringing a modern approach to integrating agriculture and urban development into a village setting. The award-winning design consolidates and reorganizes farms so that the new village can increase in density without putting additional stress … Continued
Founded in 1902, the Brunswick School is one of the most prestigious preparatory academies in New England. With buildings scattered throughout Greenwich, Connecticut, the private institution hired SOM to design a master plan for a new central campus. The 104-acre wooded site would contain facilities for pre-kindergarten through middle school students, along with athletic venues … Continued
SOM’s master plan for KL Metropolis is both visionary and viable, outlining design principles in support of an ambitious effort to create one of Southeast Asia’s most iconic developments. Currently an undeveloped green field located seven kilometers west of Kuala Lumpur’s central business district, the development will seamlessly integrate a vibrant mix of uses. The … Continued
The Experience Music Project, a museum designed by Frank Gehry, celebrates the innovative history and legacy of rock n’ roll. SOM Graphics collaborated with Gehry Partners to develop the identity and wayfinding signage for the eclectic museum, whose collection includes hand-written lyrics, instruments, photographs, costumes, and other intriguing artifacts. Primary building entries are identified by … Continued
Scaling up our workplace SOM’s London office occupies a floor of the SOM-designed Broadgate Tower, the pinnacle of the Broadgate Estate on the easternmost edge of the City of London. Based in the building since 2014, our London studio moved to a new floor in 2024 to accommodate our growing team. The 1,200 square-meter fit-out … Continued
The Kings County Hospital Center is a major teaching hospital and the principal healthcare provider for the central Brooklyn community. The client’s major goal for this multi-phased project was to replace outdated facilities with smaller, flexible, and efficient new buildings. In doing so, the project would reduce operating costs and upgrade the patient experience to … Continued
This project is part of the thriving Moscow City, a mixed-use district centrally located within the sprawling Russian metropolis and loosely based on London’s Canary Wharf and Paris’s La Défense. The complex will consist of an 85-story skyscraper and a 49-story office tower connected at the base by a transparent crystalline structure. The massive development … Continued