List of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings

This list of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill buildings catalogs the work of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merill. The firm has completed some 10,000 projects.

List of works

Lever House, 390 Park Avenue, Manhattan

Manufacturers Trust Company Building at 510 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan

Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, in Chicago

7 World Trade Center, New York City

Shaklee Terraces, San Francisco, completed 1979 with a flush aluminum and glass facade and rounded corners.

Icon Norfolk luxury apartments, formerly known as Virginia National Bank Headquarters, in Norfolk, Virginia, completed 1967

Project	Location	Completed	Principal architects	Notes
L. S. Ayres flagship, addition 38-40 S. Meridian St.	Indianapolis	1946		part of Washington St–Monument Cir Historic District	[1]
Farr Hall	Chicago, Illinois	1948			[2]
Fowler Hall	Chicago, Illinois	1948			[3]
Oak Ridge New Town Master Plan	Oak Ridge, Tennessee	1949	John O. Merrill		[4]
Gunsaulus Hall	Chicago, Illinois	1950			[5]
Manhattan House	Manhattan, New York	1951		New York City Landmark	[6]
Lever House	Manhattan, New York	1952	Gordon Bunshaft Natalie de Blois	New York City Landmark National Register of Historic Places	[7]
Manufacturers Hanover Trust – 510 Fifth Avenue	Manhattan, New York	1954	Gordon Bunshaft Charles Evans Hughes III	New York City Landmark	[8]
Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus	Istanbul, Turkey	1955		Turkey's first five-star hotel.
Consular Agency of the United States, Bremen	Bremen, Germany	1956	Gordon Bunshaft	Received an award in 1974 from the Association of German Architects	[9] [10]
International Arrivals Building - John F Kennedy International Airport	Queens New York	1957		Demolished 2000
Inland Steel Building	Chicago	1958	Bruce Graham Walter Netsch	Chicago Landmark	[11]
United Airlines terminal - John F Kennedy International Airport	Queens New York	1959		Demolished 2008
Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon	1960		Also known as Portland Memorial Coliseum.	[12]
One Chase Manhattan Plaza	Manhattan, New York	1961		New York City Landmark [13]	[14]
Hermann Hall	Chicago, Illinois	1962	Walter Netsch	Part of Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	[15]
Galvin Library	Chicago, Illinois	1962	Walter Netsch	Part of Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	[15]
BMA Tower	Kansas City, Missouri	1961	Bruce Graham	Also known as One Park Place.
Telus Tower	Montreal	1962	Gordon Bunshaft	French: Tour Telus. Previously known as CIL House.
McMath–Pierce solar telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory	Kitt Peak, Arizona	1962			[16]
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Building	New Orleans, Louisiana	1962	Gordon Bunshaft	Currently K&B Plaza Replaced Lee Circle Main Library, New Orleans Public Library (Daniel Burnham, 1908)
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University	New Haven, Connecticut	1963	Gordon Bunshaft		[17]
United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1963			[18]
Cook County Administration Building (formerly the Brunswick Building)	Chicago	1964			[19]
Mauna Kea Beach Hotel	Kohala, Hawaii, Hawaii	1965	Edward Charles Bassett
Circle Campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	1965
Wentworth Hotel	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1966	John Barney Rodgers	Designed in association with Laurie & Heath. City of Sydney local heritage item.	[20]
One Wilshire	Los Angeles	1966
Keating Hall	Chicago, Illinois	1966	Myron Goldsmith	Part of Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	[15]
Robert A. Pritzker Science Center / Life Sciences Building	Chicago, Illinois	1966	Myron Goldsmith	Part of Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	[15]
Autzen Stadium of the University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	1967
Virginia National Bank Headquarters Historic District	Downtown Norfolk, Virginia	1967		Later known as Bank of America Center. As of 2018, the tower is Icon Norfolk, a luxury apartment building.	[21] [22]
Louis Jefferson Long Library at Wells College	Aurora, New York	1968
Equitable Building	Atlanta	1968
John T. Rettaliata Engineering Center / Engineering I Building	Chicago, Illinois	1968	Myron Goldsmith	Part of Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	[15]
D90 (Boots Headquarters)	Beeston, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom	1968		Grade II* listed
University of Illinois at Chicago – Phase III: Behavioral Sciences Building	Chicago	1969			[23]
555 California Street	San Francisco	1969		Formerly Bank of America Center.
Grand Rapids City Hall & Kent County Administrative Building	Grand Rapids, Michigan	1969
John Hancock Center	Chicago	1969
Red Line – Dan Ryan branch	Chicago	1969	Myron Goldsmith
Blue Line – O'Hare branch (Jefferson Park to Logan Square)	Chicago	1970	Myron Goldsmith
Regenstein Library of the University of Chicago	Chicago	1970
Boise Plaza	Boise, Idaho	1971		Originally the Boise Cascade Building
Stuart Hall	Chicago, Illinois	1971	Myron Goldsmith	Part of Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus	[15]
The Republic Newspaper Office	Columbus, Indiana	1971	Myron Goldsmith		[24]
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum	Austin, Texas	1971
Seneca One Tower	Buffalo, New York	1971
Weyerhaeuser Headquarters	Tacoma, Washington	1971
Gund Hall (School of Law)	Cleveland, Ohio	1971	John O. Merrill	Constructed as a pair of buildings -- library and offices, and lecture halls / moot courts
Hajj Terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	1972
Hancock Whitney Center	New Orleans, Louisiana	1972		Originally One Shell Square
Olympic Tower	Manhattan, New York	1972
Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)	Chicago, Illinois	1973	Bruce Graham Fazlur Khan
Carlton Centre	Johannesburg, South Africa	1973
U.S. Bank Center	Milwaukee	1973	Bruce Graham James DeStefano Fazlur Khan
Edmonton City Centre	Edmonton, Alberta	1974		Formerly Edmonton Centre.
First Wisconsin Plaza	Madison, Wisconsin	1974
Azadi Stadium	Tehran, Iran	1974
Tour Areva	La Défense, Courbevoie, France	1974
City Center Square	Kansas City, Missouri	1977
555 17th Street	Denver	1978		Formerly Anaconda Tower and Qwest Tower.
Denver World Trade Center	Denver	1979
Town Square Complex	Saint Paul, Minnesota	1980		Contains the Bremer Tower, UBS Plaza, and DoubleTree by Hilton St. Paul Downtown
Marriott World Trade Center	Manhattan, New York	1981		Also known as 3 World Trade Center. Destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Madison Plaza	Chicago	1982		Former Hyatt Corporation headquarters.
Enerplex, North Building	Princeton, New Jersey	1982
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Minneapolis	1982		Demolished in 2014.
AT&T Midtown Center	Atlanta	1982		Formerly BellSouth Center and Southern Bell Center.
Georgia-Pacific Tower	Atlanta	1982
The Terraces at 801 South Plymouth Court	Chicago	1983
Wells Fargo Center	Los Angeles	1983
U.S. Bancorp Tower	Portland, Oregon	1983		Nicknamed Big Pink.
National Commercial Bank Headquarters	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	1983
10 Universal City Plaza	Los Angeles	1984		Universal Studios, Inc. headquarters	[25]
Université saad dahleb, blida	Blida, Algeria	1984	Skidmore	Université de Blida 1	[26]
Trammell Crow Center	Dallas	1984
Republic Plaza	Denver	1984
Fort Wayne Museum of Art	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1984
Southeast Financial Center	Miami	1984
1515 Poydras	New Orleans	1984		Former Gulf Building
63 Building	Seoul, South Korea	1985		In Yeouido.
Wachovia Tower	Birmingham, Alabama	1986
McCormick Place - Phase 2 - Exposition Center Expansion North Building	Chicago	1986			[27]
Cannoneer Court at Pratt Institute	Brooklyn, New York	1986
Wells Fargo Tower	Birmingham, Alabama	1987		Previously known as SouthTrust Tower and Wachovia Tower.
321 North Clark	Chicago	1987
Chase Tower	Dallas	1987		Also known as JPMorgan Chase Tower and Texas Commerce Tower. Nicknamed Keyhole Building.
Leo J. Pantas Hall at Pratt Institute	Brooklyn, New York	1987
SunTrust Center	Orlando, Florida	1988		Tallest building in Orlando
NBC Tower	Chicago	1989
One Worldwide Plaza	Manhattan, New York	1989	David Childs
461 Fifth Avenue	Manhattan, New York	1989
Milwaukee Center	Milwaukee	1989
Roosevelt Hospital	Manhattan, New York	1990
Islamic Cultural Center of New York	Manhattan, New York	1991
100 East Pratt Street	Baltimore	1992
Brookfield Place	Toronto	1992	Bregman + Hamann Architects
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre	Hong Kong	1997
Kirchsteigfeld	Kirchsteigfeld, Germany	1997			[28]
Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport	Manila, Philippines	1997
Sioux City Art Center	Sioux City, Iowa	1997			[29]
MEO Arena	Lisbon, Portugal	1998		Formerly Pavilhão Atlântico (Atlantico Pavilion).	[30]
Jin Mao Tower	Shanghai, China	1999			[31]
Embassy of the United States, Ottawa	Ottawa	1999	Gary Haney David Childs
Korea World Trade Center Expansion	Seoul, South Korea	2000
PBCom Tower	Makati, Philippines	2000		Second-tallest building in the Philippines.
7 South Dearborn	Chicago			Planned but never built.
Adelaide Convention Centre	Adelaide, Australia	2001
John F. Kennedy International Airport, International Arrivals Building, Terminal 4	Queens, New York	2001	Marilyn Jordan Taylor	Replaced original International Arrivals Building
International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport	San Francisco	2001	Craig W. Hartman
Dallas Convention Center	Dallas	2002
Time Warner Center	Manhattan, New York	2003
Random House Tower	Manhattan, New York	2003
Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion Airport	Tel Aviv, Israel	2004	Marilyn Jordan Taylor	In association with Moshe Safdie.
Rondo 1	Warsaw, Poland	2005		Also known as Rondo ONZ.
10 Exchange Square	London, United Kingdom	2004
Finsbury Avenue Square	London, United Kingdom	2004
Samsung Tower Palace 3 – Tower G	Seoul, South Korea	2004		In partnership with Samoo Architects & Engineers
Terminal 1 of Toronto Pearson International Airport	Toronto	2004		In association with Adamson Associates Architects, and Moshe Safdie & Associates
Jianianhua Centre	Chongqing, China	2005
AIG Tower	Hong Kong	2005
New Providence Wharf	London, United Kingdom	2006
7 World Trade Center	Manhattan, New York	2006
Tokyo Midtown	Tokyo, Japan	2007
Dublin Airport	Dublin, Ireland	2007
Terminal 3 of Singapore Changi Airport	Singapore	2007	Marilyn Jordan Taylor	In partnership with CPG Corporation.
101 Warren Street	Manhattan, New York	2007
Esentai Tower	Almaty, Kazakhstan	2008
Cathedral of Christ the Light	Oakland, California	2008
Centennial Towers	San Francisco	2008
Chemsunny Plaza	Beijing, China	2008
University of Utah Campus Master Plan	Salt Lake City	2008			[32]
222 Main	Salt Lake City	2009			[33]
Trump International Hotel and Tower	Chicago	2009
Pan Peninsula	London, United Kingdom	2009
Al Rajhi Bank Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2009
Burj Khalifa	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	2010
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center	Nanjing, China	2010
China World Trade Center Tower III	Beijing, China	2010
Al Hamra Tower	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2011
John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Manhattan, New York	2011	Marilyn Jordan Taylor		[34]
510 Fifth Avenue	Manhattan, New York	2012		Renovation and adaptive reuse.	[35]
University of North Carolina Genome Science Lab	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	2012			[36]
Zuellig Building	Makati, Philippines	2012			[37]
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Financial Building	Chongqing, China	2012			[38]
Dallas City Performance Hall	Dallas	2012
One World Trade Center	Manhattan, New York	2013			[39]
Pearl River Tower	Guangzhou, China	2013			[40]
KAFD Conference Center at King Abdullah Financial District	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	2014			[41]
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2	Mumbai, India	2014			[42]
The New School University Center	Manhattan, New York	2014			[43]
United States Air Force Academy Center for Character & Leadership Development	Colorado Springs, Colorado	2014			[44]
NATO Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium	2015			[45]
OKO Tower	Moscow, Russia	2015			[46]
Poly International Plaza	Beijing, China	2015			[47]
Tanjong Pagar Centre	Singapore	2016		Tallest building in Singapore	[48]
Lexicon Tower (aka Chronicle Tower)	London, United Kingdom	2017		residential building
Talan Towers	Astana, Kazakhstan	2017
Greenland Hangzhou Center	Hangzhou, China	2023		mixed-use complex	[49]
Hangzhou Wangchao Center	Hangzhou, China	2023		mixed-use complex	[50]
Kempegowda International Airport Terminal 2	Bangalore, India	Ongoing			[51]
1865 Broadway	Manhattan, New York	Ongoing		SOM designed the original structure, which was demolished in 2015, and the taller replacement tower, which will be completed in 2019.	[52]
RDO Building	Fargo, North Dakota	2020 (Estimated)		Expected to be North Dakota's 2nd tallest building.	[53] [54] [55]
Masters Tower Cebu	Cebu City, Philippines	2025 (ongoing)

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