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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 .
Principal architects Notes L. S. Ayres flagship, addition 38-40 S. Meridian St. Indianapolis: 1946 part of Washington St–Monument Cir Historic District [1] Oak Ridge New Town Master Plan Oak Ridge, Tennessee: 1949 John O. Merrill [2] Manhattan House: Manhattan, New York: 1951 New York City Landmark [3] Lever House: Manhattan, New York: 1952 ...
The two architects won the contract to design the 1939–40 New York World's Fair; and in 1939 engineer John O. Merrill joined the firm as partner. The name was changed to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [4] and the firm's operations were decentralized. Owings's initial responsibilities centered on the Chicago office. [1] Skidmore worked in New York.
In 1937, he joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill [SOM], where he remained for 42 years (with a hiatus for his service in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II) until he retired in 1979. [5] Bunshaft's early influences included Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. [6] "Mies was the Mondrian of architecture, and Le Corbusier was the Picasso ...
A long-time principal of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he founded his own architectural partnership firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago in 2006. Among his other projects, he was the senior architect for Central Park Tower in New York City, Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, the Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, and Zifeng ...
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.
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 ]
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