May 16, 2015
SOM Foundation Featured in Architectural Record
SOM Foundation Featured in Architectural Record
The SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) Foundation exemplifies what is known as a corporate foundation…Awarding fewer but bigger prizes meant that more money could be shifted into direct action, Abadan explains, adding that the decision “elevated” the SOM Foundation's work over other travel fellowships being established at the time. The award allows recipients to “delve more deeply into a subject and gives our program a public face.”
December 19, 2014
SOM Foundation Announces Winners of the 2014 UK Award
SOM Foundation Announces Winners of the 2014 UK Award
On December 3, 2014, the SOM Foundation awarded its annual UK Award to students Kent Gin and Mike Lim. Gin, who is enrolled at the University of East London, won for his submission titled “Cultural Perforation of Madrid, Disruption of the Defined.” Lim, a student at the Royal College of Art, won for his entry, “Untitled, 2014. Mixed Media.”
