Founded in 1936, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is a multi-disciplinary practice with experience in the design of projects of a wide variety of uses and range of sizes. We provide in house expertise in:
- Architecture
- Urban Design and Planning
- Structural Engineering
- Landscape Design
- Interior Design
SOM has major offices in North America, Europe and Asia. The firm has completed in excess of 10,000 commissions in over 50 countries throughout the world, and has received more than 800 national and international awards.
SOM?has been active in Europe for more than 40 years. The London office of SOM was established as its European base in 1986, leading commissions for the award-winning Canary Wharf and Broadgate developments. It has a long history of executing large-scale Urban Design projects, starting with the original Canary Wharf Master Plan undertaken in the late 80s and the extension to Heron Quay in the mid 90s and continuing to the present day, with work at Leamouth Peninsula in London and Ebbsfleet in Kent.
Both the New York and San Francisco offices act as centres of excellence for healthcare projects. The following text refers to SOM's specific experience in the fields of Urban Design and Healthcare.