SOM hosted 39 graduate and undergraduate students for its annual Winter Internship Week in January 2020. Organized by the SOM Women’s Initiative (SOMWI) since 2011, the program provides students pursuing careers in design with an immersive experience in the office environment. Complete with site visits, portfolio reviews, and presentations from senior designers, the Internship Week … Continued
On Tuesday, January 28th, Design Partner Kent Jackson will speak on a panel at ULI Poland’s PLACES + SPACES series. The discussion, titled “The Art of a Tall Building,” centers on the functions of high-rise buildings in cities and their impact on quality of life. Jackson will share insight on SOM’s commitment to developing innovative approaches … Continued
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2, the bold, 450,000-square-foot addition to Mumbai’s airport, has been selected as a winner of the 2020 AIA Architecture Award. The program honors outstanding architecture across all typologies, and endeavors to recognize buildings that raise the bar in transformative design. Terminal 2 is designed to serve 40 million travelers each … Continued
Associate Director Phil Obayda and Associate Mina Hasman are interviewed on the first episode of Anylab Talks podcast’s second season. Obayda and Hasman, both based in our London office, discuss their career paths, sustainability in the building industry, and the role of architects in tackling climate change.
On Monday, February 3rd, Director of Sustainable Engineering Luke Leung will speak at the AHR Expo in Orlando, Florida. Leung will discuss the roadmap to a post-carbon world from 2020 to 2050 and the impacts of carbon neutrality on the HVACR industry. The AHR Expo, the world’s largest HVACR event, brings together engineers, architects, manufacturers, facility … Continued
The West Loop Branch of the Chicago Public Library has been named a winner in the AIA 2020 Interior Architecture Awards. The first public library in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood, the two-story adaptive reuse project is a new cultural and social center for area residents. The renovated interior exposes the previously concealed original bow-truss ceilings and … Continued
Associate Director Susan Bartley has been named one of Los Angeles Business Journal‘s “Outstanding Women in Construction & Design” for 2020. The honor recognizes Los Angeles-based leaders who have impacted construction—an industry that, according to labor force statistics cited in the issue, includes only 10% women—by helping to create a more diverse and inclusive space for … Continued
One Manhattan West has received a merit award in the 2020 AIA New York Chapter Design Awards. The award program recognizes outstanding design by AIA New York members. The building—a 67-story, 2.1-million-square-foot office tower located on the corner of Ninth Avenue and 33rd Street in New York City—was honored in the architecture category along with … Continued
To help design and construct human habitats for Earth orbit, the moon, and Mars, NASA is turning to teams of experts in academia and private industry, including civil and structural engineers. The ideas being discussed will, in some cases, take terrestrial engineering concepts into extraterrestrial settings and, in return, apply some of the spacebased solutions … Continued
On Tuesday, January 21st, Peter Kindel and urban designer Saki Mizuguchi will speak at SPUR Oakland’s “Imagining Future Cities” event with UC Berkeley’s Molly Turner and HDR | Calthorpe’s Peter Calthorpe. The discussion will center on the innovations and challenges raised in National Geographic‘s “Future Cities” issue, in which SOM collaborated with the magazine to design a model … Continued