SOM unveils designs for first-ever human settlement on the moon
Just a few months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)...
SOM unveils images of new undulating mixed-use tower in China
SOM recently just unveiled the first images of a spiraling mixed-use tower planned for China. The Hangzhou Wangchao...
SOM’s diagrid glass tower rises like a Chinese paper lantern in Beijing
A giant glittering glass lantern has risen in Beijing. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the Poly International...
Thailand’s first LEED Platinum “vertical village” to rise in Bangkok
Thailand’s wealthiest man, Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, has teamed up with architecture firm SOM to plan One Bangkok,...
One World Trade Center achieves LEED Gold certification
The building achieved its LEED Gold Core and Shell certification thanks to a number of advanced energy- and water-saving...
SOM designs pedestrian-friendly revamp for the heart of Philadelphia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTtsmrT7y6k SOM’s masterplan for Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station Precinct...
World’s tallest Passive House tower rising in NYC
The world's tallest Passive House building is steadily rising in New York City, and Inhabitat recently had a chance...
VIDEO: World’s tallest Passive House building rises at Cornell Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island
Cornell Tech Residential will join three other buildings (The Bloomberg Center, The Bridge at Cornell Tech and...
Beautiful prismatic glass panels envelop SOM’s Beijing Greenland Center
The 260-meter tower is enveloped in curtain walls made of glass panels arranged in a prism-like manner. The high-performance...
Cornell is building the world’s tallest passive-house building on Roosevelt Island
Developed by Cornell University, Hudson Inc., and Related Companies, the two-million-square-foot Cornell Tech University...
SOM’s LEED Platinum 350 Mission tower offers an urban living room to San Francisco
Developed by Kilroy Realty Corporation & Management, 350 Mission will be solely occupied by the cloud computing...
SOM debuts “world’s largest 3D-printed polymer building” designed for off-grid living
Each segment of the corridor-like structure is created separately using 3D-printing technology, and then assembled...
SOM’s glittering LEED Gold-seeking towers symbolize renewal of Manhattan’s Far West Side
Located between the Penn Station complex and the gateway to the Hudson Yards district, Manhattan West comprises...
NYC’s first net-zero school surrounds students with colorful sustainability
Situated on a 3.5-acre site, the 68,000-square-foot elementary school is topped with a cantilevered R-30 roof that...
LEED Gold-seeking Chicago Chinatown library embodies ancient Feng Shui
Located in Chicago’s Near South Side, the 16,000-square-foot library replaced one of the Chicago Public Library’s...
SOM completes elegant LEED Silver skyscraper in Nanchang, China
The bottom two-thirds of the tower is occupied by office space, while the 20 floors in the top third are reserved...
SOM unveils impressive LEED-targeting medical campus for Egypt’s National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Egypt’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) has unveiled plans for their new medical campus outside Cairo, designed...
Cornell Tech to bring the world’s first Passive House high-rise building to Roosevelt Island
Cornell Tech is set to break ground this month on what will be the first high-rise Passive House construction...
SOM reveals design for new sustainable capital city in Egypt
The project was revealed at the Egyptian Economic Development Conference, where SOM explained the plan, which includes...
The Incredible Story Of How The Burj Khalifa’s Poop is Trucked Out of Town
Burj Khalifa photo from Shutterstock You'd think that the world's tallest building - a structure that requires...
SOM Transforms a Monolithic San Francisco Office Tower into a Bright and Breezy LEED Platinum Vision
680 Folsom was originally built in 1964 for the Pacific Telegraph Company. While sturdy and solid, the fortress-like...
SOM’s West Palm Beach Concourse is the Third Station for All Aboard Florida’s Rail Network
The new West Palm Beach station for the All Aboard Florida rail network will be located on a 2.5 acre site in the...
SOM Reveals Airy Plans for All Aboard Florida’s Ft. Lauderdale Station
A new rail network will connect the southern tip of Florida to the center of the state, and SOM just revealed the...
Zaha Hadid Among Five Firms Shortlisted to Design Scandinavia’s Tallest Skyscraper
A shortlist of all-star architecture firms has just been unveiled in the competition to design the tallest skyscraper...
SOM Unveils Miami Multimodal Hub for All Aboard Florida’s New Rail Network
Both Florida residents and visitors utilize the heavily congested highways to travel between Central and South...
SOM Unveils Sweeping Bus Concourse for Denver’s Redeveloped Union Station
SOM was responsible for the master plan and redevelopment of the 20-acre site to bring about sweeping improvements...
SOM’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is the New Efficient Gateway to Mumbai
Terminal 2 will take over operations now that it is complete from the original Terminal 1 in Mumbai and serve as...
The New School Opens its Striking SOM-Designed University Center on Fifth Avenue
The long-awaited building opened last week, bringing a new architectural icon to the corner of 14th Street and...
SOM’s LEED Platinum-Seeking Federal Courthouse Breaks Ground in LA
In December, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) named SOM the winner of an international competition...
Lush Green Roof Tops Off New School’s Ultra-Efficient New University Center
The New School's new University Center is getting a little closer to completion every day, and recent photos taken...