Architecture - Single View

Building Type: Exhibition Architecture / Town Planning.

Time Line: ca. 1992 Planning Period; The World exhibition took place finally in Sevilla.

History of World Exhibitions

Architects:

• Charles Willard Moore: *31.10.1925  Benton Harbor †16.12.1993; American architect and author;

Skidmore, Owings & Merill; American office for architecture; founding: 1936 Chicago:

• Louis Skidmore: *1897 †1962; American architect. Joint founder of the office Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; project: Pavillon Venezuelas auf der Weltausstellung in New York, New York City; 1939; award: 1957 Gold Medal, American Institute of Architects (AIA);
• Nathaniel Alexander Owings: *1903 †1984; American architect. Joint founder of the office Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; project: Pavillon Venezuelas auf der Weltausstellung in New York, New York City; 1939; award: 1983 Gold Medal, American Institute of Architects (AIA);
• John Merrill: *1896 †1975; American architect; Joint founder of the office Skidmore, Owings § Merrill;

The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings.  In 1939 they were joined by John Merrill.

Their most famous architects were Gordon Bunshaft, Myron Goldsmith,  Bruce Graham,  and Walter Netsch.. They were noted for the glass box skyscraper form they pioneered.