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AIA Chicago Recognizes SOM Chicago for 75 Years of Global Design Excellence
The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has earned the 2011 Firm of the Year Award from the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Chicago chapter.
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First Stage of a Landmark Building
On the banks of the Chicago River, construction of the Trump International Hotel & Tower is in its early stages with the recent completion of its mat-slab. Designed and engineered by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM), the multi-use building will be structurally reinforced concrete, standing 1160 feet tall with 2.6 million square feet of floor space.
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Freedom Tower, New York City
Fourteen thousand psi concrete is being used to build the core of the Freedom Tower, the first office building to be built on the former site of the World Trade Center.
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