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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a collective of architects, designers, engineers, and planners working together to build a better future. SOM was founded as a true partnership, where decisions are made through dialogue and consensus. Since our founding in 1936, this collective model has shaped the culture of our firm, from our design process to our leadership structure.
Understanding the Context
Today, an Executive Committee of three women—Partners and AIA Fellows Carrie Byles, Xuan Fu, and Laura Ettelman—leads the firm and oversees committees that ... SOM provides an array of professional development for our staff, including licensure resources, in-house learning programs, and leadership training. We foster well-being with flexible hours and family-focused benefits. SOM continues to honor the pledge that Skidmore and Owings made when they went into business together: to offer “a multi-disciplinary service that meets the needs of its time.” As Owings wrote, “Through combining group practice and good design, social change, showmanship, we would marinate our architectural demands in sound economics to meet the criteria of our doubting critics—who ...
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Key Insights
For SOM New York office we took the approach of “radical reduction,” applying principles of healthy, sustainable, and low-carbon office design to our own workspace. Our teams around the world share a common goal: improving the built environment and enhancing people’s lives. At SOM, you’ll find the opportunity to contribute to some of the most significant architecture and urban design projects in the world. "SOM: Works by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2009 to 2019" is the sixth volume in a series covering every era of the firm's history.