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SOM - Latest News

MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards Winners
Breathing Tower building, China - by SOM - wins
Breathing Tower
image from architect
MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards - 4 Feb 2013
Skidmore Owings and Merrill’s ‘Breathing Tower’, a landmark 75 story building in Wujiang, China, has been awarded both the coveted Overall Winner prize and the Tall Buildings category accolade, in the eleventh annual MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards competition.

Emporis Skyscraper Award
Kuwait City Tower
image © Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Emporis Skyscraper Award - 6 Dec 2012

#2 Al Hamra Tower (Kuwait)
Points: 23
Height: 1,351.71 ft
Floors: 80
Location: Kuwait City
Architect: Skidmore, Owings And Merrill LLP

#10 Tianjin Global Financial Center (China)
Points: 11
Height: 1,105.31 ft
Floors: 72
Location: Tianjin
Architect: Skidmore, Owings And Merrill LLP

18 Oct 2012

SOM - Latest Design

US Air Force Academy CCLD, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Design: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
CCLD US Air Force Academy
picture © SOM

US Air Force Academy CCLD
The Center for Character and Leadership Development (CCLD), a new building on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy, will break ground this week. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), the CCLD is the first new building since 1981 to be erected on the terrazzo (the central square) of Air Force Academy’s campus, which was designed by SOM in 1954 and designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2004. Construction on the CCLD will be complete in early summer 2014.

1 Jun 2012

SOM - Recent Design

Diagonal Tower, Seoul, South Korea
Diagonal Tower Building
image © SOM/Crystal CG
Diagonal Tower
A case study in efficiency, SOM’s design of the 343-meter (1,125-foot) tall Diagonal Tower successfully integrates massing, structure, and performance to minimize wind loads, reduce construction costs, provide dramatic views, and meet strict energy codes - all while maintaining an iconic skyline presence.

17 Jan 2012

SOM - Design News

SOM Chicago Wins Competition to Design the Greenland Group Suzhou Center
Greenland Group Suzhou Center
image © SOM | MIR
Greenland Group Suzhou Center
The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) proudly announces that it has won an international competition to design the Greenland Group Suzhou Center, in Wujiang, China. The 358-meter supertall tower will become the defining visual landmark for both the new Wujiang lakefront development and for the city as a whole.



Skidmore Owings & Merrill : Practice Information

SOM - Recent Designs


Golden Hills Danang, Vietnam - 5 May 2011
Golden Hills Danang
picture : SOM

FTP City Danang, Vietnam - 3 Mar 2011
FTP City Vietnam
picture : SOM

China World Trade Tower, Beijing, China - 31 Aug 2010
China World Trade Tower
photo : SOM, architects

JTI headquarters Geneva, Switzerland - 10 May 2010
JTI headquarters Geneva
photo : SOM, architects

Virginia Beach Convention Center, USA
Virginia Beach Convention Center
photo : SOM, architects

Bill Baker, SOM - American Society of Civil Engineers Award

Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China : SOM
Pearl River Tower
photo : SOM

Key Projects by Skidmore Owings Merrill

Major Buildings by SOM, alphabetical:

AHF Tower - Al Hamra Firdous Tower project, Kuwait city, Kuwait
2007-
MIPIM/Architectural Review “Future Project” Award 2008

Al Hamra & Firdous tower, Kuwait City
2008-
Al Hamra tower
image : SOM
Al Hamra tower

Al Rajhi Bank Headquarters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2007-

Al Sharq Tower, Sheik Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
2007-
360m high, 100 storeys
Dubai Buildings

AMP Tower, Melbourne, Australia
-
Docomomo Australia is lobbying for the protection of AMP Tower by SOM Architects

Arrowhead development - twin towers, Canary Wharf, England, UK
2007-
Arrowhead London
image : SOM © Miller Hare Limited
Arrowhead London

Arts Hotel, La Marina 19, Port Olimpic, Barcelona, Spain
1992
Bruce Graham of Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects (SOM Architects)
Arts Hotel Barcelona
photo © Adrian Welch
This spanish tower by SOM (left of the image) is 154m high and uses and expressed, white-painted regular structural frame. Located immediately west of the Mapfre Tower building (right of image): Arts Hotel Barcelona

Beijing CBD Eastern Expansion, Beijing, China
2010-
Beijing CBD Eastern Expansion
picture : SOM
Beijing CBD

Beinecke Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1963

201 Bishopsgate & The Broadgate Tower, Liverpool Street, London, UK
2008
Broadgate Tower
photo © adrian welch
Broadgate Tower : 3rd tallest building in City of London

Bridging the Rift Research facility, Wadi Araba, Jordan
2007-

Broadgate, City of London, UK
1984-91
Arup Associates with Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Broadgate London
photo © adrian welch

Broadgate London

Broadgate West II, Hackney, east London, UK
2003
13 storeys, 55m high

Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE
2006-10
Burj Dubai Tower
photo from Emaar
Burj Khalifa : tallest building in world - former Burj Dubai

5 Canada Square Building, London, England, UK
2003
Diago5 Canada Square London
photo : SOM
5 Canada Square London

Dawangjing District Masterplan, Beijing, China
2010-
Dawangjing Beijing
image : SOM and Crystal
Dawangjing District Masterplan

Digital Media City Landmark Tower, Seoul, Korea
2009-
Digital Media City Landmark Tower
image : SOM
Digital Media City Landmark Tower

ENERGY +, Paris, France
2008-
ENERGY + Paris
image : pmBdesign
ENERGY + Paris

Freedom Tower - Site of World Trade Center, Ground Zero, Lower Manhattan, USA
2004-
Daniel Libeskind Architects + David Childs of SOM Architects
Controversial towers to replace the New York World Trade Centre skyscrapers lost in 2001. The main Freedom Tower skyscraper by Libeskind was to be a significant number of feet high - 1,776 feet - to mark a key American date in history - United States Year of Independence; the building was largely handed over to architect David Childs. Designed to be the tallest tower in the world for the site leaseholder - real estate developer Larry Silverstein.

Harvard University Northwest Science Building, Massachusetts, USA
2010
Harvard University Building
photo courtesy of SOM © ESTO/Anton Grassl
Harvard University Northwest Science Building

Heinz Offices + Laboratory, Hayes Park, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middlesex
-
Grade II* listed, 1985

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
1988
Marshall Strabala of Skidmore Owings Merrill LLP
Hong Kong Convention Centre
picture : SOM
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre

Infinity Tower, Dubai, UAE
2006-
80 storeys, 330m high

Inland Steel Building, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1958

Jin Mao Tower, Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China
1998
Jin Mao Tower
photo © Dennis Remmelzwaal
Jin Mao Tower
Tallest building in China since 2005
Seventh tallest building in world at time of writing

John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1970
John Hancock Center
photo : Royce Douglas
John Hancock Center

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA
2007-

JP Morgan Chase, 270 Park Avenue, New York, USA
1957-60
215m high

King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia
-2020
King Abdullah Economic City
image : SOM
King Abdullah Economic City

Leamouth tower, east London, UK
2008-
For Ballymore Properties: School on lower 6 floors + arts centre, leisure centre, retail + restaurants; residential above

Learning Centre, Upper School, Greenwich Academy, Connecticut, USA
2004

Lever Building, New York, USA
1952
A beautiful piece of New York architecture by SOM facing Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building and trying to give it a run for its money. Having had a good look at both I think Mies wins but nevertheless this was a classic in its day, podium and tower:
Lever Building

The LG Kangnam Building, Seoul, South Korea
1997
LG Kangnam Building
photograph : SOM
LG Kangnam Building : Development at LG Group corporate headquarters

Lotte Super tower, Seoul, Korea
2007-

Ludgate West, City of London, London, UK
1992
1 Ludgate Place; 10 Ludgate Place; 100 Ludgate Hill

Manhattanville redevelopment plan, Columbia University, New York, USA
2007
Renzo Piano Building Workshop with SOM
Columbia University
image from RPBW

Columbia University New York Buildings

Nanjing Greenland Financial Center, China
-2009
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center
picture : SOM
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center

New Providence Wharf, Isle of Dogs, east London, England
2004
Residential crescent-shaped building on Thames
58m high, 19 storeys

One Chase Manhattan Plaza (Chase Manhattan Bank), New York, USA
1960
Gordon Bunschaft / Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Ontario Tower, New Providence Wharf site, Isle of Dogs, east London, UK
2007
Residential tower
106m high, 31 storeys

Pan Peninsula : Ballymore development, Leamouth Pennisula, London, UK
2007-
Pan Peninsula London
image from TTA Group
Pan Peninsula London

Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative, Houston, Texas, USA
2009
Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative

Rolex Tower, Dubai, UAE
2009
63 storeys

Sears Tower, Wacker Drive, Chicago, USA
1973
Chicago Skyscrapers
photograph courtesy of Jan Klerks
Sears Tower Chicago

Stockley Park – Buildings B9, B10 & B11, Heathrow, Middlesex, UK
-

Time Warner Center, New York, USA
2004
Time Warner Center
photo © Andrew McRae
Time Warner Center

Toronto Lester Pearson International Airport expansion, Toronto, Canada
2007-10
Moshe Safdie and Associates Inc with Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Adamson Architects

The Trump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2009
Architect: Adrian Smith, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Trump Tower Chicago

9 West 57th Street, New York, USA
1974
Gordon Bunschaft of Skidmore Owings Merrill Architects
9 West 57th Street
photo © Andrew McRae
9 West 57th Street
aka Solow Building - 49 storeys, 672 ft high - concave vertical slope for lighting
Similar to W. R. Grace Building because the initial, rejected façade design for the 9 West 57th Street Building was used in the design for the W. R. Grace Building

World Trade Centre Towers : WTC7 New York, USA
WTC7 New York
photo © Andrew McRae
World Trade Centre Towers

W.R. Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave, Manhattan, USA
1974
Bowing façade due to light regulations, rather than the more normal rectilinear stepbacks

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SOM - Practice Information

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Former SOM designer : Marshall Strabala

Gordon Bunschaft (+ Oscar Niemeyer) : Pritzker Prize Winners 1988

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