Skidmore Owings & Merrill
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Project • By Shma Company Limited • Commercial Landscape
One City Centre
One City Centre (OCC) is Thailand’s tallest Grade A office tower, a striking landmark in the heart of Ploen Chit—Bangkok’s most sought-after Central Business District, where land prices soar as high as $28,000 per square meter. This premium district, dominated by office towers, luxury condominiums, and high-end retail complexes, has traditionally prioritized commercial and private developments. While green spaces exist, they are largely confined within private estates, reserved for an exclusive handful.
Nawin Deangnul
One City Centre dares to challenge this norm. While Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPs) are embraced worldwide, they remain a rarity in Thailand. OCC pioneers this movement by strategically positioning... More
News • News • 17 Jun 2024
Key projects by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global group of architects, engineers, designers, and planners spanning a legacy of more than eighty years. Founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings and later joined by John Merrill in 1939, the firm’s philosophy is rooted in cross-disciplinary collaboration across architecture, planning, design, and construction. SOM has designed some of the most iconic feats in modern architecture and engineering, including Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, and Lever House, an International Style landmark in New York City.
Over the years, the firm has broadened its expertise to include urban planning, sustainable engineering, and ecology, allowing it to address some of the most... More
Project • By Seth Powers Photography • Offices
Star River Headquarters
This sculptural addition to the business district on Guangzhou’s Pazhou Island is the centerpiece of a reconceptualized city block, which combines green space with covered walkways and multiple levels of retail and commerce.
Seth Powers
Seth Powers
Seth Powers
Reshaping Pazhou Island
A historic anchor for trade along the Pearl River, Pazhou Island has emerged as a modern center of commerce. The new headquarters for Star River is an emblem of this transformation. From afar, the tower’s pleated facade ascends in a parabolic taper, creating vertical planes of light and shadow that add to its unique character. Situated near two other SOM-designed towers—the Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce and SANY Irootech Pazho... More
News • News • 5 Jun 2022
Soaring aerial walkway welcomes passengers to the new International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma Airport
Improving efficiency and elevating the passenger experience, the new and expanded International Arrivals Facility (IAF) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) features an aerial walkway, which is the longest of its type in the world, a Grand Hall, and a secure corridor to increase passenger numbers to international gates.
Dave Burk / Lucas Blair Simpson | SOM
Spanning 7880 feet across an active taxi lane, the walkway affords passengers 360-degree views of the Pacific Northwest landscape, including Mount Rainier, and the Olympic and Cascade Mountain Ranges. Passengers can simultaneously watch planes passing beneath as they head towards the Grand Hall.
Dave Burk / Lucas Blair Simpson | SOM
With a sweeping roofline that tilt... More