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05-10-2021

SOM Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - Manhattan West renovates Far West Side in New York

Manhattan West, a complex of six mixed-use buildings designed in large part by the Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) studio and developed by Brookfield Properties was officially inaugurated on September 28. An adventure that originally began thirty years ago, the first development programme to transform the unused space located above the active railway lines, an essential point in the pedestrian paths that connect New York’s West Side, in fact goes back to 1990.

22-07-2021

SOM presents plans for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Village

The Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Village for the 25th Winter Olympics will be designed by SOM Skidmore Owings & Merrill, as COIMA SGR and its partners Covivio and Prada Holding announced on 16 July 2021 at the end of the international design competition. Work on the new Olympic Village, due to become an important centre of interest and activity in the Porta Romana area, will be completed by July 2025.

17-02-2021

CTBUH names Urban Habitat Award Excellence Projects

In preparation for the 2021 edition of the Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, set to take place online on May 18 to 20 of this year, the CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) revealed the winning “excellence” projects in various categories of its prestigious awards. After the buildings have been categorised according to height, the new excellence winners are skyscrapers selected for the technological and construction aspects adopted, for their intended use or for the Urban Habitat category.

20-01-2021

Winners of the 2021 AIANY Design Awards

AIA New York’s annual Design Awards program recognises outstanding architectural design by AIA New York members. This year’s jury met online to select the winners in four of the five categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. No awards were given this year in the Sustainability category.

08-01-2021

SOM designs Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall in New York

The new Daniel Patrick Moynihan Train Hall, the new train hall at the Pennsylvania Station, in New York, opened its doors to the public on January 1, 2021. The project was designed by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) inside the historic James A. Farley Post Office Building. A monumental and important civic project that transforms the way millions of people interact with one of the world’s largest cities, reimagining the travel experience and restoring the grandeur of a historic complex.

20-10-2020

SOM designs Jiuzhou Bay, the new waterfront for Zhuhai in China

Big roofs inspired by fishing nets evoking the history of these places and their inhabitants are the distinguishing element in SOM - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s project for Jiuzhou Bay, the new waterfront in Zhuhai, China. It is a low-carbon project, in line with the city’s role as regional technological leader and its status of most liveable city in China according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

11-02-2020

8 projects receive the AIA’s 2020 Architecture Awards

The American Institute of Architects has announced the eight projects that have won the 2020 Architecture Awards. Eight contemporary architecture projects, chosen independently of the size, style and type of building to represent the best architects can create for improving life for everyone.

16-04-2018

Asia and Australia’s best skyscrapers at the 2018 CTBUH Awards

Asia and Australia have the largest number of skyscrapers competing for the 2018 CTBUH Awards, with fully 9 tall buildings. China is the country with the most candidates for awards

24-07-2007

7WTC. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). New York. 2006

It was the last building to fall on 11th September and the first to be rebuilt: tower number 7 of the World Trade Center in New York is the work of the architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, who represent one of the largest architecture studios in the United States and in the world.