A $6 billion 17 acre campus plan for Columbia University by Renzo Piano and SOM has been given the legal okay to begin work in West Harlem, New York City. Read more on the master plan here.
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Burj Dubai Opens
January 5, 2010 – 2:00 pm
The Burj Dubai, which was renamed Burj Khalifa after the guy who funded the project after the financial crisis hit, designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, has opened at 828m, or 160-plus stories, as the tallest building in the world by far. The 12 minute long video below speaks for itself.
Steelcase Awards SOM Best Menorah
December 14, 2009 – 1:27 pm
A modern menorah, designed by the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, won ‘Best Menorah’ in Steelcase’s 10th Annual Wreath and Menorah Design Competition and Charity Auction held on December 3, 2009. The winning design, created by SOM’s Colin Gorsuch, is a cast piece of solid wax that mimics the liquidity of the [...]
Project Buzz: SOM Breaks Ground for Digital Media City Landmark Tower
December 7, 2009 – 11:01 am
Earlier this month, the New York office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill celebrated the groundbreaking of its designs for Digital Media City Landmark Tower in Seoul, Korea. The 2100-foot-tall building will be the tallest building in East Asia when it is complete in 2014. Located north of the Han River at the western edge of [...]
