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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 .
This list of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill buildings catalogs the work of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merill. The firm has completed some 10,000 projects. The firm has completed some 10,000 projects.
Pages in category "Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 277 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Louis Skidmore (April 8, 1897 – September 27, 1962) was an American architect, co-founder of the architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and recipient of the AIA Gold Medal. Biography [ edit ]
It was designed by Walter Netsch [2] of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Construction was accomplished by Robert E. McKee, Inc., of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Originally controversial in its design, the Cadet Chapel has become a classic and highly regarded example of modernist architecture.
However, he did not graduate and instead started working for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) in 1967. [2] He finished his education at the University of Illinois, Chicago College of Architecture and Arts, graduating in 1969. In 2013, Smith was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Letters degree from Texas A&M University. [3]
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill John Ogden Merrill FAIA (10 August 1896 – 13 June 1975) was an American architect and structural engineer. He was chiefly responsible for the design [ 1 ] and construction of the United States Air Force Academy campus [ 2 ] and for the development of Oak Ridge, Tennessee where the atomic bomb was developed.
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, [5] the stadium was built within an artificial landfill (over the refuse) to eliminate the need for multilevel ramps. As a result, construction took just nine months and cost approximately $ 2.3 million.