a+u 2015:02 One SOM/One SOM
Content
Cover: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – Terminal 2. Photo by Robert
Polidori, courtesy of the architects.
Feature:
One SOM
Essay: SOM: Yesterday, Today, and TomorrowNicholas Adams
Office structure: Transformation of SOM from Founding throughTodayStaff StructureFirmwide Activity and Project OrganizationSOM Publications: Critical Dialogues
Partner Profiles for Essays on pp. 30–38
Partners’ Essay: SOM Values and Culture – Increasing MeaningfulInnovation Across Disciplines and Scales Craig W. Hartman
A Collective Culture and Critical Engagement Roger Duffy
Continuous Renewal T. J. Gottesdiener
Composing a Global Practice in the Post-IndustrialAge Gene Schnair
Technical Solutions for Performance Design Keith Boswell
A Personal Journey Richard F. Tomlinson II
Five Lenses Jonathan Stein
Shifts of Clients’ Needs, Responses of SOM
One World Trade Center
7 World Trade Center
Partner Profiles for Essays on pp. 66–167
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport – Terminal 2
Partners’ Essay: A Culture of Architecture and Engineering William F. Baker
Resiliency, Self-Sufficiency and Regeneration Mark Sarkisian
Poly International Plaza
Poly Real Estate Headquarters
Partners’ Essay: Integration of Architecture and Interiors Stephen Apking
Advancing the Art of Architecture
Tall Buildings in the 21st Century Gary Haney
Pearl River Tower
Pertamina Energy Tower
Timber Tower Research Project
The Active Modular Phytoremediation System (AMPS)
Building Integrated Concentrating Solar Facade(ICSF)
Partners’ Essay: Forward-thinking and Interdisciplinary Innovation: A Global Perspective Xuan Fu
Achieving Resiliency Carrie Byles
Tectonics and Humanism Leo Chow
Past, Present and Future: Innovation and High Performance Design Jeffrey J. McCarthy
University Center, The New School
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
U.S. Air Force Academy – Center for Character andLeadership Development
United States Consulate General
Cathedral of Christ the Light
Millennium Park Master Plan
Partners’ Essay: 21st Century Cities and Mobility Anthony Vacchione
Architecture and Aviation Laura Ettelman
Denver Union Station
Partners’ Essay: Finding the Proper Balance Mustafa K. Abadan
Management for Unprecedented Outcomes Kenneth A. Lewis
“How Big Can We Think?” Philip Enquist
Beijing CBD East Expansion
Great Lakes Century Vision Plan