Skidmore, Owings & Merrill American architectural firm Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skidmore-Owings-and-Merrill Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skidmore-Owings-and-Merrill Also known as: SOM Written by Rachel Cole Rachel Cole is a librarian with Northwestern University’s Transportation Library. Rachel Cole Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Aug 9, 2024 • Article History Table of Contents Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), architecture and engineering firm whose collective practice of architecture, engineering, and urban planning has produced some of the world’s most innovative buildings, shaped the modern architectural vernacular, and defined skylines around the world. A series of prominent architects and engineers, including Natalie de Blois, Gordon Bunshaft, Bruce Graham, Walter Netsch, and Fazlur Khan, were instrumental in shaping the firm’s profile in the second half of the 20th century and influencing its projects in the 21st. In 1936 architects Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings, brothers-in-law who had worked together on the 1933–34 world’s fair, founded an ...(100 of 1124 words)

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