RESIDENTIAL

SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP

SOM is one of the leading architecture, interior

design, engineering, urban design, and planning
firms in the world. Our commitment to design
quality has resulted in a portfolio that features
some of the most important architectural
accomplishments of modern times.

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 Esentai Park
Almaty, Kazakhstan

S
OM draws on decades of
experience in more than 50
countries around the globe to
inform its design solutions. The firm Santa City Redevelopment
has an international reputation for Santa CityMumbai,
Master Plan
India
Mumbai, India
excellence, and was recently named the
most innovative architecture firm in the
world by Fast Company Magazine.
SOM is dedicated to the well-being of the individual, the community,
Since its founding, SOM has received
more than 1,400 awards, including the
and to the global environment. We evaluate sustainable strategies
American Institute of Architects Firm throughout the design process, applying only those that maximize
Award (AIA), the highest honor for design
excellence in a collaborative practice. building efficiency and site performance and that enhance the quality
It is the only firm to have received this
award twice.
of life for those who live, work and play there.
In recent years, the firm’s services have SOM considers sustainability at every At the district and block scale, The use of intelligent and integrated
expanded rapidly, from the innovative project scale, from regional and city planners, architects, and engineers building technologies aim towards
planning and design of high-profile planning to the design of buildings collaborate to develop communal developing a highly-sustainable
office and mixed-use projects, to include down to individual objects. SOM spaces and buildings that incorporate structure. SOM architects, engineers,
an increasingly comprehensive range believes that in order for communities pedestrian amenities and implement and interior designers focus on
of programs, technology and building to survive, urban development should strategies that make the best use of selecting materials for durability, and
typologies. SOM has continued to preserve social, economic, and the microclimate, solar orientation, and function, and factor in local sourcing
maintain status as an industry leader in ecological sustainability. At the regional storm water management. And at the and the percentage of recycled content.
the architectural design and engineering and city scales, SOM strategically building scale, SOM’s multidisciplinary The team places a high value on
for world-wide projects dedicated develops plans for transportation, team maximizes the health and welfare creating spaces that leave a minimal
to residential, education, public open spaces, and the optimal use of for building occupants by applying environmental footprint through
infrastructure & transportation, sports land while protecting watersheds and strategies such as daylighting, thermal maximized efficiency and flexibility for
& recreation, health & science, urban natural resources. comfort, water efficiency, and energy- growth.
Bunshaft House efficient designs.
design, and government.
East Hampton, New York (1962)
 RESIDENTIAL
DESIGN
PHILOSOPHY
Our residential work emerges from a
research-based approach rather than
a single design signature. By analyzing
our clients’ goals and synthesizing
programming, design, and technical
coordination, we create spaces that are
innovative, distinctive, and functional.
Clients around the world look to SOM
not only to produce beautiful spaces
but to reinvent residences for the 21st
Century.
The first challenge is often to develop
a program that translates the client’s
vision and values into specific design
criteria. From this process, the design
team establishes both quantitative
performance benchmarks and an
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Mexico City, Mexico
experiential narrative with qualitative
inspirations for the project including
materials, environmental factors,
artworks, and spatial concepts.
The design that emerges from
these criteria does not follow a pre-
established aesthetic approach
but is rather specifically targeted
to the particular conditions and
circumstances of each project. SOM’s
goal is to use progressive methods,
technologies, materials, and ideas to
create residential environments that
include public spaces with a strong
sense of occasion and private spaces
where occupants feel at home.
The practice of
home-building is as
old as civilization,
but the creation of
comfortable, elegant
living spaces is an
ever-changing art.
Rolex Tower
Dubai, UAE
From years of experience and project
success, we have observed five
timeless concepts in residential design:
• Sense of Community
• Capturing Views
• Multi-Function Spaces
• Refined Interior Environments
• Understanding Cultural Differences
For decades, SOM has created
comfortable, welcoming designs
for residences and residential
developments around the world. We
create elegant and carefully detailed
living spaces that both answer the
client’s needs and continually redefine
modern living.
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Modern Urban Living

101 Warren • Toren • New Providence Wharf • Pan Peninsula

101 Warren
New York, USA
101 WARREN ST | NEW YORK, USA
101 Warren Street is a 33-story
residential mixed-use project
occupying nearly an entire city block
at the southern tip of Tribeca. The
podium provides two floors of retail
space, while a mid-rise block along
Greenwich Street houses the rental
units, and the condominiums occupy
the 382-foot tower.
The residential component is
divided into two separate buildings.
The northwest corner supports a
condominium tower of approximately
220 units, while the corner of
Greenwich and Murray Streets defines
an “L” shaped building of 175 rental
apartment units. An amenity pavilion
for the condominiums is located on
the third floor, and includes recreation
and a children’s play area, a fitness
center and a rooftop terrace.
A screen of stone panels creates
interest and establishes a flexible
envelope that can accommodate
both structure and openings. A
layer of glass creates the innermost
enclosure of both the tower and base,
strengthening the unified reading of
the project as a whole. The double-
layered façade forms discrete pockets
between the glass inner layer and the
stone screen, creating private outdoor
residential terraces.
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 The double-layered façade forms
discrete pockets between the
glass inner layer and the stone
screen, creating private outdoor
101 Warren
New York, USA residential terraces.
TOREN |
BROOKLYN, USA
Toren in Downtown Brooklyn, New York is a
prominent 38-story residential condominium
tower containing 240 units and is a dramatic
addition within its context. Offering a mix of
studio, 1-2-3 bedroom units, duplexes, and
penthouse suites, it is one of four new buildings
at the Myrtle Avenue/Flatbush Avenue junction
in the gentrifying district.

The façade design employs a modular panel

system which gives living spaces maximum glass
exposure, while more private areas, such as
bedrooms and bathrooms, have smaller windows
and more solid exterior coverage. The tower
contains both affordable housing and market-
rate units, but maintains continuity with finishes
and fixtures.

Amenities include a multi-level roof garden,

screening room, fitness center, swimming pool
with sauna, library/lounge, parking garage, and
retail space at the street level. As a LEED-Gold
Certified building, the base of the tower benefits
from a rain screen system and a cogeneration
plant will supply tenants with power and water.

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Toren
Brooklyn, USA
NEW PROVIDENCE WHARF | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Situated close to the financial and
commercial hub of Canary Wharf, the
New Providence Wharf development is
designed to create a vibrant mixed-use
sustainable urban district with public
transport, quality architecture, and new
public space that connects and unifies
the immediate environment.
New Providence Wharf provides 1,282
high-end residential units with nearly
a quarter designated for affordable
housing, a 200 bedroom four-star
hotel, 250,000 square feet of office
accommodation, retail, restaurants,
and state-of-the-art leisure facilities.
To help stimulate the economy and
enliven the area, the development
includes ample street-level retail, café,
central public plaza and other public
amenities.
Situated along the river, the residential
component is stepped along the
curve of the river for private terraces.
The hotel tower takes on an elliptical
form reminiscent of the chimneys of
historical industry and of transatlantic
ships.
While their forms respond to the
history of the site, the buildings are
arranged to maximize pedestrian
permeability and to take advantage
of the views of the river, Millennium
Dome, and Canary Wharf. In addition,
a series of landscaped gardens
connect the plaza to a new promenade
along the River Thames.
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PAN PENINSULA | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

The two high-rise towers of Pan

Peninsula are the tallest residential
buildings in Europe. The towers are
linked by the multi-purpose podium
situated along the West India and
Millwall docks within the Canary Wharf
redevelopment. The podium contains
restaurants, a cocktail lounge and a
mezzanine terrace, all of which provide
residents with a sense of place and
feeling of community.

The design of the towers serves to

establish new icons on the London
skyline. As the apartments become more
exclusive, the exterior steps back to
create large outside terrace gardens in
the sky. Residents of Pan Peninsula also
benefit from five-star concierge service,
a full-service spa, sky lobby and private
theatre.

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MULTI-BUILDING
DEVELOPMENTS
Creating a Sense of Community

JW Marriott Residences at Esentai Park • Vertical Medina

• Pioneer Park • Castle Quay • Cambridge Greens

J W Marriott Residences at Esentai Park

Almaty, Kazakhstan
J W MARRIOTT RESIDENCES AT ESENTAI PARK |
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN
This project is a 100,000 square
meter development consisting of
three luxury residential towers. The
complex includes 422 residential units,
landscaped courtyards and grounds,
underground parking, and extensive
support facilities and amenities.
As an integral part of the Esentai Park
development, the residential buildings
ground the development, establishing
a community of residents who live
and work in the surrounding area.
Establishing a sense of connection
and community was essential to
this project. This connection is
evident between the resident and the
community in the development of
extensive amenities and communal
gathering spaces. The residents
benefit from landscaped parks,
proximity to office and hotel facilities
in the adjacent Esentai Tower and the
development’s recreation and retail
centers.
Additionally, a sense of connection
to the natural environment merges
the community with the larger
environment. Large spans of glass
draw the natural environment into
each residential unit, extending
the architectural language derived
from the beauty of the impressive
landscape. Horizontally shifting
volumes create architectural “cliffs”
that define a central garden and, from
within, capture views of the mountains
that they emulate.
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VERTICAL MEDINA | RIYADH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
The Vertical Medina is one of several
SOM-designed buildings within the
King Abdullah Financial District
(KAFD), a new development of more
than three million square meters in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Financial
District includes commercial,
residential, retail, institutional, and
cultural components. Many of the
buildings in the master plan are
connected via the central Wadi, a
landscape feature that contains a
number of public attractions and
institutions.
The Vertical Medina is a mixed-use
residential building with commercial
space at street level and high-end
residential duplex units on the upper
floors. The visual language of The
Vertical Medina echoes the urban
fabric of the traditional city in the
Middle East. The main façades on the
west and east sides of the building are
characterized by interlocking frames
that delineate the residential units and
office spaces from each other.
The building provides 57 residential
units, ranging from one to four
bedroom units, all with private
terraces. By placing the residential
units on the upper floors, residents
are placed away from the noise
generated by the nearby highway but
benefit from uninterrupted views of
the modern development. A sense
of outdoor privacy is achieved by
varying the depths of the architectural
frames that surround each terrace. All
residents enjoy amenities including
fitness center, event rooms, covered
outdoor courtyards and a common
roof terrace.
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Courtyards created by the organization
of the townhomes and towers reveal a
tapestry of building elements within the
lush landscape.
PIONEER PARK | GURGAON, INDIA
The Pioneer Park residential
development is a combination of
low-rise townhomes and high-rise
apartment towers connected through
a series of gardens. Courtyards
created by the organization of the
town homes and towers reveal a
tapestry of building elements within
the lush landscape. The weaving of
these elements opens opportunities
for pedestrian access and framed
vistas. Outdoor gardens adjacent to
and above town homes provide a mix
of private gardens as well as semi-
public green spaces.
At the ground level a mixture of units
and landscapes creates a dialogue
between street-facing and internal
garden units. The upper level units are
accessible via a generous canopied
stair or by an elevator bank, wrapped
in a translucent glass skin. This
entry “lantern” welcomes visitors
to a secure gateway and concierge
services.
The towers themselves are organized
with extensive void spaces within the
body of the building in which “sky-
garden” terraces are cooled through
plantings, shading, and cross-breezes.
The elevator concept for the towers
allows each unit to have dedicated
access to their unit from the lobby.
Additionally, a separate service core
provides access for the service staff.
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CASTLE QUAY |
LONDON, UK
This 25,500 square meter residential
development is an extension of the
Castle Quay complex, part of St Helier’s
prestigious waterfront that includes 280
new residences for property developer
Dandara. Castle Quay Phase II will be
the focal point of Jersey’s regeneration
initiative for the St Helier waterfront,
which is transforming the island into an
internationally recognized business and
tourism region.

The complex consists predominantly of

one and two-bedroom flats with more
than 80 percent of residences having
marina and sea views. Each residential
unit features a balcony and is structured
as an individual building, inspired by
spiral geometry similar to that found in
the marine Nautilus shell. The design
- a textured stone and glass facade -
reduces solar radiation. The articulated
roofline for the complex accents the
skyline of the marina, and each building
features a shared terrace for residents
and bio-diverse green roofs.

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CAMBRIDGE GREENS | CHENNAI, INDIA
Cambridge Greens is a development
near the rapidly-growing IT corridor
of Chennai, India. It is comprised of
80,000 square meters of apartments, a
six-story hotel, convention center, and
retail shopping center.
Understanding the context and
importance of designing environments
to enrich the local community, SOM
designed the complex following
Vaastu principles of space planning.
Cambridge Greens offers residents
a rare opportunity for living: a
harmonious and tranquil lifestyle in
Vaastu-compliant residences.
Cambridge Greens offers residents
a rare opportunity for living: a
harmonious and tranquil lifestyle in
Vaastu-compliant residences. The
development ensures Northeast
sloping grounds, north and east facing
balconies, staircases located in the
south or west, and an open area with
a water feature. The residents also
benefit from the convenience of on-site
shopping and entertainment venues.
Many of the residences will offer
generous private terraces with
breathtaking views overlooking the sea
to the east and the lush landscape to
the north. Directly connected to the
interior through full-height glazing,
the outdoors becomes a part of an
exclusive escape at Cambridge Greens.
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Cambridge Greens
Chennai, India
S U P E R- TA L L
STRUCTURES
Capturing the View

Burj Khalifa • Al Sharq Tower • Tower

Palace • Infinity Tower • Rolex Tower
BURJ KHALIFA | DUBAI, UAE
Planned as the world’s tallest building,
the Burj Khalifa will be the residential
centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use
development comprised of housing,
hotel, entertainment, shopping, and
leisure outlets. The Burj Khalifa
hosts the Armani Hotel in addition
to the residential component. The
development also includes open green
spaces, water features, pedestrian
boulevards.
The strength of the Burj Khalifa
is the integration of the interior
design with the fundamental
architecture of the building. The
design of the tower is derived from
the geometries of a regional desert
flower and the patterning systems
embodied in Islamic architecture.
The structure combines historical
and cultural influences with cutting-
edge technology to achieve a high-
performance building.
Similarly, interior space planning,
program adjacencies, and the use
of local color and texture were all
designed to highlight indigenous
characteristics through a contemporary
and sophisticated architectural
language.
The tower is composed of three
elements arranged around a central
core. This Y-shaped floor plan
maximizes views of the Persian Gulf.
As the tower rises from the desert
base, setbacks occur within each
element in an upward spiraling
pattern, decreasing the mass of the
tower as it reaches toward the sky. At
the top, the central core emerges as a
sculpted spire.
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AL SHARQ TOWER | DUBAI, UAE
Al Sharq Tower combines an iconic
form, ingenious structure, and the
spatial qualities of sky-high living.
The efficient structure of the tower
continues SOM’s tradition of structural
ingenuity. The innovative cylindrical
tower offers each unit a unique spatial
experience with panoramic views, a
key concept for high-rise living.
The tower encloses 70 stories of
residential floors with varying floor to
floor heights, from 3.5 meters to 5
meters. The tower stack has two zones
of amenity floors, one above the lobby
and the second at the penthouse
level. The building amenities include
a spa, health club, pools (lap pool
& swimming pool), party rooms,
screening room, play rooms, day care,
restaurants and a special revolving
restaurant at the roof. The tower will
welcome residents and guests with
a soaring 25-meter tall lobby that
will house the Porsche Design Store.
The first residential floor starts at 40
meters above ground ensuring the
views for each unit.
The project was envisioned as a
cellular structure of nine bundled
tubes, allowing a height of 360 meters
with a challenging aspect ratio of
1:10. Each 12-meter diameter tube,
with an individual aspect ratio of 1:30,
amplifies the concept of slenderness
as the structural cables wrap around
each tube and tie back to the tower’s
concrete structure. The innovative
cable system allows for a column-free
floorplate, providing complete flexibility
of unit configurations and maximizing
the residential units’ uninterrupted
views.
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The Tower Palace design
integrates nature and
state-of-the-art building
technology to provide a
new landmark for the
people of Korea.
TOWER PALACE | SEOUL, KOREA
The design of Tower Palace
integrates nature and state-of-the-
art building technology to provide
a new landmark for the people
of Korea. The mixed-use tower
includes a large park for residents,
sports club, gallery, banquet rooms,
business facilities, restaurants, retail
shops, and roof-top garden.
The tower’s arrangement provides
maximum view corridors at the
lower floors and evolves at the top
to present a tall slender face to the
city while allowing residents views
of the dynamic northern cityscape
and the tranquil natural landscape
to the south.
The tower’s form is intended to
add a unique shape to the Seoul
skyline. This form is characterized
by a series of radiating planes,
which will provide a dynamic and
ever-changing appearance as the
sun moves across the faces. These
planes provide a strong sense of
verticality to the tower and allow
for the discreet movement of air
through the units.
The apartment units of the tower
are organized around a layered
concept that places the utility
spaces along a central spine at
the rear of the units with living
spaces along the exterior wall. This
organization allows for an economy
of service distribution with a
maximum flexibility of living space
accommodations.
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Infinity Tower’s winding shape
optimizes views for residents while
preserving the vistas of its neighbors.

INFINITY TOWER |
DUBAI, UAE
The structure of Dubai’s Infinity Tower is outwardly
expressed in the structure of the twisting helical
form. Currently under construction, the residential
tower has already been acknowledged as a
regional landmark that will become synonymous
with Dubai’s waterfront. The SOM design received
the Best Architecture Award in the International
Property Awards, as well as four additional awards
in the Arabian Property category.

Infinity Tower will include more than 450

residential units, ranging from studios to full-floor
penthouses. Other amenities include an outdoor
pool, a health spa with treatment rooms, an
exercise facility, conference centers, lounges and
a child care center. The Tower’s winding shape
optimizes views for residents while preserving the
vistas of its neighbors.

Infinity Tower exemplifies the elegance and power

of a design shaped by technological mastery and
imagination.

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ROLEX TOWER |
DUBAI, UAE

Rolex Tower, a 61-story, glass high-rise, stands

quietly among its neighbors on Dubai’s prestigious
Sheikh Zayed Road.

This rectilinear building is minimal and subtle,

providing a pristine, mirage-like silhouette in
the skyline. As if draped by a veil, the building
is wrapped with a glass curtain wall of milky
translucency. As it ascends, the building’s opacity
changes from translucent to transparent.

With two setbacks containing sky terraces, the

3-tier massing suggests the internal program
of offices, residential units and amenities. The
horizontal slots at the base of the building are
intended to mimic the rhythm of the street, while
providing a shaded outdoor space. The vertical
lightwell located at the upper portion of the
residential tier forms a visual link between the
walls of towers.

The tower provides 29 floors of residential housing,

including 92 condominium units and two luxurious
penthouse units. A 12-story parking structure is
located adjacent to the tower.

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HOTELS &
RESIDENCES
Refined Interior Environments
Ssiger International Plaza • Time Warner Center
Residences • Trump Hotel & Tower • The St. Regis

Ssinger International Plaza

Cixi City, PRC
SSIGER INTERNATIONAL PLAZA | CIXI CITY, CHINA
This 59-story multi-family residential Dramatic, multi-story elements span
and hotel tower responds to its site horizontally across the tower, creating
with a diagonal façade that addresses select “sky-loft” units with glazed
City Hall immediately to the southeast. roofs. At the top of the tower, the
Vertical openings in the tower’s form Crown Plaza Hotel embraces views
relieve the structural burdens of high of downtown Cixi and the nearby
wind forces while opening up the mountains.
interiors to natural light and views.

Cixi City’s hot climate led designers

to orient and shade the building to
minimize heat gain. Vertical fins clad
in copper protect the building skin
from the sun and contrast with the
clear glass curtain wall that encloses
the tower apertures.

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TIME WARNER CENTER RESIDENCES | NEW YORK, USA
Time Warner Center exemplifies the
concept of a city within a building,
rather than a building within a city.
The mixed-use project encompasses
the Mandarin Oriental Hotel & serviced
apartments, condominiums, retail,
restaurant, fitness center, television
studios, cultural performance venues,
office space, and structured parking.
The towers that rise more than
50 stories from Columbus Circle
contain the residential and hospitality
component of the large-scale complex.
The southern tower includes a mix
of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom luxury
condominium units with unobstructed
views of Central Park and lights at
Times Square. The serviced apartment
units located above the Mandarin
Oriental Hotel benefit from additional
amenities including concierge service,
housekeeping, and room service.
The building’s form and imagery is
derived from the very essence of the
urban context from which it emanates,
the Manhattan grid. First, it restores
the eliminated 59th Street corridor
by creating a completely transparent
public room, the width of 59th Street,
at the ground plane, which penetrates
westward into the heart of the project.
Above, the void between the two
towers (an enlargement of the typology
of the classic residential buildings
along Central Park West) dramatically
recreates the axis of 59th Street in the
city’s skyline. Second, the building’s
circular wall at Columbus Circle
reinforces the previously eroded shape
of this unique baroque urban element.
Third, the north — south axis of the
towers, distorted from the orthogonal
city grid into parallelogram shapes,
precisely reveal in the skyline the angle
of Broadway as it bisects Columbus
Circle.
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TRUMP HOTEL & TOWER|
CHICAGO, USA

The Trump Hotel & Tower is the tallest building

in the United States since the Sears Tower was
completed in 1974. The luxury residences provide
expansive views of Chicago’s skyline from the
ultimate vantage point within the city.

Through the contemporary synthesis of

adjacent buildings and modulations, the Trump
International Hotel & Tower expresses a modern
architecture with sensitivity to its historic context.

The first setback occurs on the east side of the

tower, at a height that is essentially the same as
the cornice line of the Wrigley Building to the
east. The next setback on the west side of the
tower relates to both the height of the residential
tower to the north and Marina City to the west.
The third and final setback on the east side of the
tower relates to the height of the IBM Building
immediately adjacent.

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THE ST. REGIS | SAN FRANCISCO, USA
The St. Regis Hotel & Residences is
located at a prominent corner in the
Yerba Buena Arts District, adjacent to
the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art.
The project sensitively addresses the
urban conditions of its setting without
foregoing a sense of refinement and
luxury. It also incorporates solutions
to site-specific constraints including
the integration of the historic Williams
Building at the southwest corner
of the site; vehicular access that
provides a unique, interesting, and
stimulating pedestrian-level condition;
and integration of the Museum of the
African Diaspora at the base of the
Mission Street façade.
The tower is set back from both
Mission and Third streets. This allows
the podium elements to respond to
the lower heights and scale of adjacent
buildings along Mission Street and
in Yerba Buena Center and opens up
views between tall buildings back to
the city.
The project sensitively addresses its
urban setting while maintaining a sense
of refinement and luxury.
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RESIDENTIAL
MASTER PLANS
Shaping Urban Development

Lakeside Master Plan • Lakeshore East

Master Plan • Treasure Island Master Plan

Lakeside Master Plan

Chicago, USA
LAKESIDE MASTER PLAN | CHICAGO, USA

The former South Works mill left a
600-acre site in a prime location of
the city vacant and blighted. The site is
on Lake Michigan and adjacent to the
historic South Chicago neighborhood.
SOM’s Master Plan transforms the
site into a LEED Certified, mixed-use
community that will be a model for
future sustainable urban development.
The design revolves around a park
system and pedestrian-friendly urban
grid that will fill the void and connect
existing neighborhoods with Lake
Michigan for the first time.
The south side of the development will
include more industrial and R&D uses
to continue the legacy of the site as an
industrial employment center.
The Lakeside Master Plan development
has been accepted as a US Green
Building Council LEED pilot project
with the goal of achieving Silver level
certification at a minimum. As a
LEED-Neighborhood Design (LEED-
ND) project, Lakeside is the first
development of its kind in Chicago
that has the potential to become a
benchmark for sustainable design.
With the Marina also in place after
the second phase, the development
expands towards the Lake in a vibrant
network of residential, mixed-use, and
parks in the third and fourth phases.
Over the course of these four phases,
SOM and the developer, McCaffery
Interests, Inc., will create an innovative
and sustainable new residential
community that will contribute to the
ongoing regeneration of the south side
of Chicago.

A diverse range of building typologies Working with the City of Chicago,

are proposed, including high-rise
towers that take advantage of water
and skyline views, mid-rise residential
buildings that define special districts
and public spaces such as the
North Slip zone, and street defining
townhomes that add a distinctly
Chicago flavor to the project.
the development lays out a 30-year
vision for implementation in four
major phases. In phases 1 and 2 a
neighborhood retail center to the north
and a research district to the south will
anchor the project and provide both
income and jobs for the area.

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LAKESHORE EAST MASTER PLAN | CHICAGO, USA

The Lakeshore East Master Plan
completes an important residential
neighborhood in downtown Chicago.
This new neighborhood will be well
connected to the Lakefront Park
System and the Chicago Riverwalk
through panoramic views and
extensive pedestrian links.
The central feature of the plan is a
new public park where trees and
native plants can flourish. The park
will be an added amenity to nearby
Chicago Park District facilities. Located
within the park, a site will be reserved
for a future elementary school. Paired
with a potential new Chicago Park
District fieldhouse, this neighborhood
focal point creates a setting which will
attract families to live downtown.
The Master Plan sets forth basic
principles to guide the development
of the 25 acres into a vibrant urban
neighborhood of new residential, hotel,
office, and mixed-use development.
Implementation of these principles
will strengthen the areas adjacent to
the site, by creating a comprehensive
network of streets and open spaces
that connect Lakeshore East to other
developments and amenities within
the city.

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TREASURE ISLAND MASTER PLAN |
SAN FRANCISCO, USA
Treasure Island is a 393-acre man-
made island adjacent to Yerba
Buena Island in the heart of San
Francisco Bay. SOM created a new
vision and master plan for the
island, which is now poised to be a
dynamic community of close-knit
neighborhoods, unprecedented open
space, resource-conserving technology
and robust transportation systems.
The Treasure Island Master Plan
regenerates the social, economic and
natural environment through the
design of urban space, architecture
and landscape. The design proposes
compact neighborhoods centered
around an energizing mixed-use hub
and ferry terminal, all set within the
275-acre Great Park. The organization
of fine-grained, inter-connected
neighborhoods encourages walking,
bicycling and public transit use,
helping to reduce vehicular traffic and
fuel consumption.
The four neighborhoods each with
commercial, retail, and residential
components are linked together
by generous open spaces and
diverse transit options. To promote a
pedestrian-oriented environment, 90
percent of the residential units will be
within a 10-minute walk of the ferry
terminal. Housing will be split between
high-rise towers and single-family town
homes to encourage diversity and
quality of life. Underscoring the plan’s
commitment to sustainability, organic
farms and restored wetlands will finish
out the back side of the island.
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 Treasure Island Master Plan
San Francisco, USA

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RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
Throughout our 75 year history, SOM has completed more than 550 residential projects in 33 countries across four continents.
The following is a list of our residential projects since 1970:

101 Warren Street Deerfield Academy - Dormitories Liverpool Regeneration Framework Strategy Rodwell House
1130 South Wabash Doncaster Lakeside Lombard Place - Edmonton Rowes Wharf
122 West Carpenter Freeway Donenfeld Apartment Mack Tower Roxas Triangle Tower
1280 Lexington Avenue Donstroy Project Mahler 4 Royal Mosa
1330 North Lake Shore Drive Dracut Elderly Housing Majestic Apartments Russian Mission
1414 North Lake Shore Drive East Yards Manila Golf and Country Club - Highrise Condominiums Sabah Al-Rayes Residence - Trump Tower
146 Central Park West Eau Claire Estates Riverfront Condominiums Marsa Tower Saint Petersburg Center for International Trade
250 East 57th Street Edgewater Study Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King Jr. Apartments Sakhalin City Center
33 West 52nd Street Eighth Avenue New Center Maya Residences Scheerz Residence
333 Bush Street El Chamizal Meydan City Plot 15 SEDCO
388 Market Street Ellis Fields Meyerhold Centre Sha Tin Town Residential Development
42nd Street Hotel Empire Hotel Millharbour East Shalila Luxury Residential Development
72nd Street & Broadway Residential Condominium Encinal Tower - 1938 Broadway Milton Companies, Inc. Shangri-la at the Fort
Addington Residence Esentai Tower Ministry of Defense and Aviation - Manager Housing Shenzhen International Economic Trade Center
Africa Lake Esplanade Apartments Minto YE Shoreham Park Apartments
Ajman Marine Project Foothills Mira Flores Plan Maestro Solow Management Corp. - Townhouses Design
Al Nafisi Villa Four Seasons Hotel City Santa Fe Montgomery Renovation Somerset Apartments - CRI, Inc.
ANR Riverfront Development Gallery Park Morgan House South Loop New Town
Arab International Bank Center Gemdale Plaza Myrtle Avenue Condominiums South Point East
Aramar General Electric - Guest House and Physical Fitness Facility Netsch Residence Square 1192 - Residential
Armstrong Residence Feasibility Study New Providence Wharf St. Regis Hotel and Residences
Astor Terrace Goodman’s Fields New World Centre Starrett Residential Towers
Avenue Apartments Gosman Campus Newmark Tower Stephan Residence
Battery Park City - Residential Concept Design Graha Purnayudha Ninth Avenue Towers, Manhattan West Development Summerfield Subdivision
Beijing CBD East Expansion Competition Grand & Ohio II Northern Contracting Systems Sunset Tower
Beijing Finance Street - F1 / F2 / F4 Grand Ohio Norwalk West Avenue Redevelopment Sylvan Avenue Apartments
Beijing Parkview Residential Greenville Housing for the Elderly Olympia Centre Residential Symphony Park
Beirut Central District Master Plan Gujral Apartment - One Magnificent Mile Olympia Centre Retail The Alexandria
Belt’s Wharf - Feasibility Study Habitat for Humanity Olympic Tower The Beacon
Black Residence - Wyoming Habitat-Sylvan Hills One Financial Place - Chicago Options Exchange The Glen
Blue Pool Road Tower Hamilton Lakes Village One Magnificent Mile Tianjin Kerry Center
Boylston Street Development Harbor Landing / Clippership Wharf Onterie Center Tidal Basin
Broadway Renaissance Harbortown Orleans Court Time Warner Center
Burj Al Oula Harold Ickes and Dearborn Homes District Plan P-1 Tower TIPCO Group Headquarters
Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai) Hartford Housing Pan Peninsula Tishman-Speyer Apartment
Butte Freville Apartments Hartmann Residence Parc Bit Tour Apogee
Cambridge Leaseholds Harvey Residence Park Avenue Place Tour Fiat - Agnelli Suite
Campolide Parque Hexi New District Parcel D Landmark Tower Park East Corridor Development Plan Tower Palace III
Chase Manhattan Bank - Residential Complex Hotel Arts Park Place Condominium Tower Transitional Housing for the Homeless
Checkpoint Charlie Design Competition Hyatt Regency Hotel - Cairo Parkside Apartments Trump International Hotel and Tower
Chengdu Plot 7 & 8 - Dong Da Jie Project Iacocca Apartment Peacock Gap Master Plan Twin Parks Apartment Towers
Chicago Dock & Canal Trust Indian Hills Residential Development Pioneer Village Urban Renewal Authority Project Review
Chicago Hilton Infinity Tower Plaza Rakyat Villages of Bear Creek
Chicago Place at 700 North Michigan Avenue International Business Center Plot 16 Villagio
Chileda Institute Ives Residence Plot 36/37 Walden Hotel - Princeton, New Jersey
City North Jinao Tower Poinciana New Town Walter Baker Mills
Clark Street Housing - Feasibility Study John Hancock Center Pomerleau Washington Gardens Apartments
Consilium - Toronto Jordan House and Annex Potomac Terrace Westland Avenue Housing - Renovations
Construction Control Plan for the TEDA Residential Area Jumeira Gardens - EP 09 Princess Balkis Doria Kleban Westover Condominium Development
County Hall Complex Competition Kenwood-Oakland Conservation District Qatar Tower White Mountain Village
Creek Entry Icon Development Kerry Centre Qi Zhong Whitney Apartments
Crescent Centre at Broadway Renaissance Khaneh Center Quebec Way Industrial Estate Competition Wood Wharf
Crossharbour King’s Cross Master Plan Queensgate II Woodburn Court
Crown Las Vegas Kirchsteigfeld Random House Woodfield 76
CSC Riverfront Kota Kinabalu Commercial / Residential Development Residential Development at Lincoln Towers Wuxi Times Square
Dallah Industries KSY / Yakal Street Development Revere Beach Housing Yardley Project
Dankner Apartment Complex Lake Forest Town Center Rice Children’s Center Zamalek
Dearborn Park Apartments Las Vegas Condominium & Hotel Rockwell Center Zara Centre
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WASHINGTON D.C.
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LONDON
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SHANGHAI
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Abu Dhabi, UAE
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