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Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, American architectural firm founded in 1936 in New York City by Louis Skidmore (1897–1962), Nathaniel A. Owings (1903–84), and John O. Merrill (1896–1975). The firm helped to popularize the International style International style, in architecture, the phase of the modern movement that emerged in Europe and the United States during the 1920s. The term was first used by Philip Johnson in connection with a 1932 architectural exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New
..... Click the link for more information. during the postwar period. Their best-known early work is Lever House (1952), which was designed by Gordon Bunshaft Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909–90, American architect, b. Buffalo, N.Y. As chief designer for the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Bunshaft was responsible for Lever House, New York City's first glass curtain-wall skyscraper (1952), which has been
..... Click the link for more information. and reflects the influence of Mies Van der Rohe Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig , 1886–1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its most influential figures, he is famous for his minimalist architectural dictum "less is more." In Germany, he was an assistant to Peter Behrens.
..... Click the link for more information. . Later in the century the firm adopted a postmodern aesthetic, seen in such buildings as the Worldwide Plaza in New York City (1989).

Bibliography

See A. Bush-Brown, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill: Architecture and Urbanism, 1973–1983 (1984).

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Philip Enquist, a Chicago-based architect with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, was hired by the Shanghai government to design a master plan for the island, which included compact communities spaced about 16 kilometres (10 miles) apart.

Bridge opens China's 'last virgin island' for development by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Designopolis was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and will be Egypt's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Leed)-certified construction project.

Egyptians pioneer new retail by Middle East Interiors

Designopolis was designed by the renowned architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill and will be Egypt's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified construction project.

Bonyan launches first furnishings mall in Mena by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)