Skidmore Owings and Merrill

He was a longtime member of the executive committee of the Structural Stability Research Council and the specification committee of the American Institute of Steel Construction. He was a consultant for Exxon Production Research on offshore structures, for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in Chicago on tall steel buildings, and for the World Bank on the Chinese University Development Projects, among many others. Dr. Chen has taught at Lehigh University, Purdue University, and the University of Hawaii. 

Figure 7. Interior of the Union Carbide headquarters in New York City, designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in i960. The headquarters was designed as a total system, down to the pens, ashtray, and address file in the foreground. Women who worked as secretaries were situated in a central space adjacent to the private offices of the men whom they served. Note the straight lines, symmetry, and functional aesthetic. Photograph by Ezra Stolen Esto.

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