LC control no. | n 50012009 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
Variant(s) | S.O.M. Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill SOM |
See also | Founder: Skidmore, Louis, 1897-1962 Founder: Owings, Nathaniel Alexander, 1903-1984 Founder: Merrill, John O., 1896-1975 Crosstown Associates |
Beginning date | 1936 |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | New York (N.Y.) |
Located | Chicago (Ill.) |
Field of activity | Architecture Commercial buildings |
Special note | Relationship between Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill and Crosstown Associates is unclear. |
Found in | Its Architecture of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1963, c1962. Am. arch. dir., 1956: p. 377, etc. (John O. Merrill [no pubs. in LC], Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Louis Skidmore, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) Wikipedia, viewed on September 16, 2013 (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is an American architectural and engineering firm. It was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest architectural firms in the world. Their primary expertise is in high-end commercial buildings) |
Not found in | Website of Transport Chicago, viewed Sept. 17, 2009: Century of Chicago's Crosstown Corridor (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, member of Crosstown Associates to 1972) |