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SOM’s Tanjong Pagar Centre Will Be the Tallest Building in Singapore
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Spire Installed on One World Trade Center, Making it the Tallest Building in the Western Hemisphere
A 408-foot silver spire was installed on top of One World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan on Friday, bringing its official height to 1,776 feet and making it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Since the tower was first announced, … Continue reading
SOM’s Shimmering White Cube for the LA Federal Courthouse Wins Award
The new Los Angeles Federal Courthouse will be designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and it will feature state-of-the-art sustainable design. Announced just this week, the US General Services Administration awarded the contract for the new project on Broadway street to the SF … Continue reading
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SOM’s Pre-Certified LEED Gold Zuellig Building Opens For Business in Manila
The Zuellig Building is a 160 meter tall building with up to 65,000 square meters (700,000 square feet) of Class-A office space. Also included in the project is retail space, an underground parking garage, a food court, an executive lounge … Continue reading
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SOM Unveils Soaring Daylit Tower for China’s Greenland Group Suzhou Center
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SOM’s CBD Center for Beijing Wins AIA Regional and Urban Design Award
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill‘s plan for a new sustainable Central Business District in Beijing was met with much fanfare when it was first announced, and now SOM has garnered even more attention by winning the AIA’s Regional and Urban Design … Continue reading
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