SOM completes double-cantilevered Manhattan Loft Gardens tower
Manhattan Loft Gardens is a 143-metre-high tower with two cantilevers designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill that overlooks London's 2012 Olympic Games park. More
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SOM completes Tenaya Towers in massive student housing project at California university
Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of California, Santa Barbara. More
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SOM designs inflatable Moon Village to be first-ever lunar habitat
Architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has unveiled a proposal for a permanent community on the moon, comprising inflating pods that balloon up to accommodate more inhabitants as the population grows. More
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SOM unveils plans for Chicago's Lincoln Yards neighbourhood
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed plans to transform a former industrial site in Chicago into a "new urban destination". More
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Burj Jumeira supertall skyscraper will rise from fingerprint of Dubai's ruler
Visuals have been released of the SOM-designed Burj Jumeira, a 550-metre-tall split-volume skyscraper in Dubai that will rise from a lake shaped like the fingerprint of the emirate's ruler. More
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SOM breaks ground on Alárò City in Nigeria
Construction has begun on Alárò City, which is being masterplanned by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as an extension to Lagos in southwest Nigeria. More
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SOM transforms ageing brick buildings into Chicago's West Loop Branch library
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has converted buildings in a former industrial district into a public library in Chicago, where original brick walls and bow trusses are on full display. More
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Foster, Calatrava and SOM on shortlist for new Chicago O'Hare airport terminal
Five teams of architects are in the running to redesign Chicago's O'Hare international airport, with Foster + Partners and Santiago Calatrava among the list of firms participating in the competition. More
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SOM's "sister skyscrapers" for doomed Chicago Spire site halted
The controversy surrounding the site of Santiago Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire continues, as the city stalls the pair of skyscrapers that SOM's David Childs has proposed for the vacant waterfront plot. More
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SOM wraps Downtown LA courthouse in pleats of glass
Global firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has designed and engineered a federal courthouse for a sloped site in Downtown Los Angeles, which appears as an elevated cube with folded glass facades. More
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SOM-designed Diamond tower gets approved for London
The 56-storey London skyscraper designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill will feature public viewing galleries at its topmost levels. More
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Pair of skyscrapers proposed for site of Calatrava's doomed Chicago Spire
Two "sister skyscrapers" designed by architect David Childs have been unveiled for Chicago's waterfront, nearly 10 years after work on Santiago Calatrava's ill-fated Chicago Spire halted on the same plot. More
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SOM converts century-old Chicago firehouse into Optimo hat factory
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has paired blackened steel with warm-toned wood at a new headquarters for hat maker Optimo, created inside a historic firehouse in Chicago. More
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SOM unveils office tower with luxury amenities for Chicago
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill has revealed an 18-storey office block planned for Chicago, including a terrace that overlooks the city's trendy West Loop neighbourhood. More
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Paris garden skyscraper by SOM will be "one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe”
Skidmore Owings and Merrill has proposed a 180-metre skyscraper in Paris that is designed to be zero-energy, and accessible via a garden bridge leading from the River Seine. More
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SOM's modernist Park Avenue skyscraper faces demolition
A 1960s Midtown Manhattan skyscraper by architecture firm SOM will become the largest building ever to be deliberately destroyed, when it is knocked down in favour of a new tower that will soar 150 metres taller. More
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SOM designs tapering skyscraper that would dwarf neighbouring Cheesegrater
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has revealed visuals for a 56-storey skyscraper in the City of London, featuring a slanting glass facade that resembles the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Cheesegrater next door. More
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Latticed shell of SOM's Beijing tower is based on traditional Chinese paper lanterns
The tallest of three office towers that Skidmore Owings & Merrill has completed in Beijing features a faceted exoskeleton, inspired by the patterns created by the folds on paper lanterns. More
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SOM exhibits architecture models with stripped-away skins to reveal engineering beneath
A row of intricately detailed architectural models take centre stage at this pop-up exhibition celebrating the beauty of engineering by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, which coincides with the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More
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Bands of glass wrap FBI technology building in West Virginia by SOM
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created a biometric technology facility for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation that features open, light-filled workspaces and views of the hilly terrain. More
