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3 SOM Designers to Join Interior Design Magazine’s DesignBiz on Instagram Live

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In September, SOM Design Partner Scott Duncan, Director and Interior Design Practice Leader Lois Wellwood, and Associate Amy Garlock will join Cindy Allen, Editor-in-Chief of Interior Design magazine, for DesignBiz on Instagram Live. The designers and Allen will discuss workplace, travel, materiality, post-COVID design, and more. The conversations will be shared on SOM and Interior Design magazine’s Instagram accounts … Continued

Billie Jean King Main Library Wins SEAOSC Award of Merit

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The Billie Jean King Main Library has received the 2020 Award of Merit from the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC). The annual program recognizes outstanding achievement and excellence in structural engineering design.  Designed as part of the 22-acre Long Beach Civic Center Master Plan in Long Beach, California, the library is built upon … Continued

We Could Live This Green in 2050

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The excerpt below has been translated from German. . . . A little more green would be good for cities – not just those in Austria. At least that’s what the US architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) thinks. National Geographic had SOM draw a picture of the city of the future last year. … Continued

Luke Leung Speaks at Metropolis Sustainability Symposium

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On Wednesday, September 23rd, SOM Director Luke Leung will speak as a panelist in “New Approaches to Air And Water.” The event is part of the Metropolis Perspective: Sustainability Symposium. Hosted by Metropolis magazine, the symposium will feature discussions with architecture and design professionals about sustainable building, manufacturing, products, materials, technologies, and tools. In “New … Continued

SOM Foundation Announces Robert L. Wesley Award

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The SOM Foundation has launched a new award to support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who are currently undergraduate students enrolled in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, or structural engineering programs in the United States. Three recipients will each receive a $10,000 award to assist in their academic development. The award is named in … Continued

Tianjin CTF Finance Center Wins Multiple Categories in RICS China Award and CREDAWARD Programs

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Tianjin CTF Finance Centre has been named Construction Project of the Year and Best BIM Application of the Year in the RICS China Awards 2020. The team behind the project, a 530-meter-tall mixed-use tower in China’s Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), received the award for Excellence in Professional Consultancy Service Team of the Year. The annual … Continued

Bill Baker Speaks with Create the Future Podcast

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In an episode of Create the Future: An Engineering Podcast, Consulting Partner Bill Baker talks with host Sue Nelson. Baker reflects on his career at SOM, his experiences engineering the Burj Khalifa and other innovative structures around the world, and shares advice for young engineers entering the field. Hosted by the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, … Continued

Kansas City Voters Overwhelmingly Approve New KCI Terminal

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Supporters of a new KCI are ecstatic that voters overwhelming approved the new airport Tuesday. It was arguably the biggest topic of debate in Kansas City leading up to the election. The city said the terminals at KCI must go, but some said demolition was not the answer. With 49,950 votes to 16,378, voters made … Continued

SOM’s Kansas City Airport Revamp Wins Voter Approval

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Kansas City voters have overwhelmingly approved the plan to overhaul the Kansas City International Airport (KCI). The $1 billion project, led by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), will see the demolition of three terminals and the consolidation of all operations into one volume. SOM’s design will aim to maintain the original structure’s zealous connection to … Continued

Kansas City Joins U.S. Airport Boom With $1.5 Billion Renovation

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Kansas City Mayor Sly James will be on hand Monday to celebrate the symbolic destruction of an unloved landmark: his city’s nearly five-decade-old airport, whose brutalist-style, poured-concrete terminals make it appear like a relic of a bygone age. The $1.5 billion, four-year renovation is the largest public works project ever in Missouri’s biggest city and … Continued