SOM: Works by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 20092019

Legendary architecture practice SOM presents 40+ of their most transformative works in the sixth and latest volume, SOM: Works by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2009-2019.

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is one of the most influential architecture studios in the world, with a body of work that includes some of the most important buildings and urban designs of our time.

SOM: Works by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2009-2019 is the sixth and latest volume in the series to cover every era of SOMs history, from the iconic Modernist works of the 1950s to the projects of today.

Documenting SOMs global body of work - which ranges from a prototype for a biophilic breathing wall to the new headquarters for NATO in Brussels - SOM: Works by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2009-2019 demonstrates how SOM has come to hold its unparalleled position as a steward of international architecture.

This new volume details SOMs approach to designing impactful, complex projects in a globalized world - an approach which marries a deep bench of global expertise with a commitment to honoring culture and people in the communities where SOM works.

In this volume, explore SOMs mission to address the most urgent challenge of our time: climate change. Working in pursuit of a zero-carbon built world, SOMs designers are pioneering new approaches to adaptive reuse, cultivating emerging technologies including machine learning, inventing new tools to optimize building performance, and beyond.

Organized chronologically, the monograph encompasses SOMs most significant projects of the past decade, across all building types and locations, highlighting the studios unique ability to design and execute complex, technical, and efficient structures. The roster includes Burj Khalifa - the tallest building in the world, Manhattan Loft Gardens, a new vertical community in London, the twisting Ningbo Bank of China headquarters, the floating cube new Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles, the master plan for the Cornell Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island, the reimagined Strand Theatre in San Francisco, Chicagos Optimo Hat Company Headquarters, Denver Union Station, and of course, One World Trade Center.

Through in-depth essays, architecture writer and critic Sam Lubell dives into SOMs radically rigorous approach to design in todays complex world, exploring the unique ideas cultivated within the studio and how those ideas are transformed into transformative spaces across the globe.

As with the previous five volumes in the series, renowned design studio Pentagram led the books design in collaboration with SOM. Featuring 500 images, the book includes thorough profiles and never-before-published photographs, plans, and drawings of the studios most recent works.