About Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, commonly known as SOM, brings together architects, designers, engineers, and planning specialists. Founded in 1936, the firm follows a practice in which architectural design and structural engineering are considered together. Its operations include studios in the United States and an international network of teams.
The firm combines architecture with urban design, planning, and interiors, making collaboration across disciplines part of its design process. Its body of work includes Lever House, John Hancock Center, and One World Trade Center. These examples illustrate a practice concerned with complex buildings and with the relationship between architectural form, structural systems, and the surrounding city.
SOM also identifies reducing the environmental impact of the built environment as an area connecting design and engineering. For developers, institutions, and project teams, its profile is relevant when exploring a firm that brings architectural and technical perspectives into the same project. Its institutional and studio pages provide ways to understand its approach, review reference projects, and identify appropriate channels for an initial inquiry.
The firm combines architecture with urban design, planning, and interiors, making collaboration across disciplines part of its design process. Its body of work includes Lever House, John Hancock Center, and One World Trade Center. These examples illustrate a practice concerned with complex buildings and with the relationship between architectural form, structural systems, and the surrounding city.
SOM also identifies reducing the environmental impact of the built environment as an area connecting design and engineering. For developers, institutions, and project teams, its profile is relevant when exploring a firm that brings architectural and technical perspectives into the same project. Its institutional and studio pages provide ways to understand its approach, review reference projects, and identify appropriate channels for an initial inquiry.