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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a collective of architects, designers, engineers, and planners working together to build a better future.
A community that never stops learning. We’re driven by an innate curiosity—to explore, to discover, to invent. This is why SOM has always invested aggressively in research, often working with universities, research laboratories, and industry partners.
Launching an experiment Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings started their architecture firm on January 1, 1936. It was in an office—an attic, really—at 104 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Friend and engineer John Merrill would officially join in 1939.
SOM, previously Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is a Chicago -based architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John O. Merrill.
Feb 10, 2024 · Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, or SOM is a global firm that offers professional services in architecture, engineering, urban planning, and design. The firm was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago and was later joined by engineer John Merrill in 1939.
Aug 18, 2014 · Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a global collective of architects, designers, engineers, and planners, responsible for some of the world’s most technically and environmentally advanced buildings and significant public spaces.
May 21, 2018 · Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM). American architectural firm founded by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962) and Nathaniel Alexander Owings (1903–84) in Chicago (1936) and New York (1937), later (1939) joined by John Ogden Merrill (1896–1975) and (1945) Gordon Bunshaft.
Oct 23, 2023 · The new Skidmore, Owings & Merrill leadership includes four partners and eight... From external panels made from renewable raw materials to a water dispenser that... The Institute chose 13 winning projects from a community fridge and a wine cave to...
Oct 1, 2019 · Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill are three names hardly unrecognizable. Still one of America’s largest architecture practices and pioneers of the modern skyscraper, but how did it get its start?
