The Cornell Tech Campus Framework Plan—the rigorous and highly adaptable master plan developed for Cornell University’s Roosevelt Island campus in New York City—has won a 2020 AIA Regional & Urban Design Award. The master plan, which is one of only four winners in this year’s program, was designed by SOM in collaboration with James Corner … Continued
SOM welcomes three new leaders to its global management team: Candace Carroll, Doryse Franco, and Daria Pahhota, to head up our finance, people, and communications teams. The three leaders will play a key role in advancing SOM’s culture and operations, including its commitment to sustainable design, diversity, talent, client relations, and global business growth. Candace … Continued
A modular plan for an eco-park along the Chicago River’s highly polluted North Branch Canal is getting $1.4 million more in city funding so designers can implement a two-block floating boardwalk. At initial community meetings the project team presented a plan that could be constructed in sections. The design team from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill … Continued
Since the 2013 rezoning that created Hudson Square—an area roughly bordered by West Houston, Greenwich, Varick, and Canal streets, as well as part of Sixth Avenue—the neighborhood has seen new developments, many of which are residential, rise at a rapid clip. And now, one of the biggest new buildings in the area—the Walt Disney Company’s new … Continued
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to build a glass-and-ceramic office building for Disney’s New York operations, called 4 Hudson Square. New York architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) unveiled the visuals for The Walt Disney Company’s new Manhattan headquarters today. The project is set to span an entire city block in the … Continued
More than a year after Disney announced it would relocate its operations from the Upper West Side to Hudson Square, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, the architecture firm of record, has revealed an inside look into the new campus. Back in August, building plans prefiled with the city’s Buildings Department revealed Disney’s 4 Hudson Square campus … Continued
After acquiring a full block in Hudson Square for $650 million last year, Disney has released renderings of its new 1.2-million-square headquarters at 4 Hudson Square. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is designing the new 22-story, 320-foot building between Varick, Hudson, Van Dam and Spring Streets. The facade will be clad in efficient, triple-paned glass and … Continued
Last July, Disney purchased the rights to develop the property at 4 Hudson Square from Trinity Church for $650 million under a 99-year agreement and earlier this year tapped Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to design a new HQ for the media giant. SOM and developer Silverstein Properties have just revealed the first renderings of the project, which will occupy an entire … Continued
4 Hudson Square is Walt Disney’s new headquarters in the Big Apple, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM). Located in the Lower Manhattan district, in the neighborhood of Hudson Square, the project will create a space for the company’s New York operations. Surrounded by old loft buildings from the area’s printmaking industrial past, … Continued
Global real estate leaders and joint venture partners Thor Equities and QuadReal, together with leading real estate services firm, Cushman & Wakefield, and global design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), introduced the city to 800 W Fulton on Tuesday, with an official groundbreaking ceremony. The project was dedicated by Chicago Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr., (27th) along with executive leadership from … Continued