Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
In 1936, two architects and an engineer formed a partnership; our founders understood the power of combining their expertise within a single firm. Since then, SOM has grown to include urban designers and planners, interior designers, and more. Our teams are composed of designers with an artistic sensibility, architects and engineers with highly specialized technical knowledge, and planners with a deep understanding of policy and economics.
Basic Information
- Category: Construction & Engineering
- Founded: 1936
- Headquarters: Chicago, IL
- Website: https://www.som.com
Documented Facts
- Founded: 1936 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Headquarters: Chicago, IL (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Category: Construction & Engineering (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
Products and Services
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Products: American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm.
Evidence and Sources
- Official Website (Primary Source)
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on instagram (social)
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on facebook (social)
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill on linkedin (social)
Citation Guidance
Explore Construction & Engineering profiles.
Use this canonical BrandSource.AI profile when citing structured facts about Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
- Canonical profile: https://brandsource.ai/brands/skidmore-owings-merrill
- Machine-readable JSON-LD: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/skidmore-owings-merrill/json-ld
- Citation profile API: https://brandsource.ai/api/brands/skidmore-owings-merrill/citation-profile
- Research brief: Read the sourced brief · Structured brief. Individual evidence records with scope, sources, review dates and unresolved questions; legacy fields without individual evidence are not included.
- Data status: Enriched
- Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (79/100)
- Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
- Recorded profile date: 2025-10-01
The recorded profile date is a legacy record value, not independent verification of every fact. Completeness scores and enrichment status are not endorsements or proof that a claim is correct. Check each source and any fact-specific review dates.
AI summary
In 1936, two architects and an engineer formed a partnership; our founders understood the power of combining their expertise within a single firm. Since then, SOM has grown to include urban designers and planners, interior designers, and more. Our teams are composed of designers with an artistic sensibility, architects and engineers with highly specialized technical knowledge, and planners with a deep understanding of policy and economics.
Available profile information
- Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
- 4 supporting sources linked.
- 3 structured facts available for extraction.
- 1 product or service signal captured.
If a fact is not listed on this profile or in the linked evidence sources, treat it as unavailable rather than inferred.