2024-12-22T03:16:18-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150161092/the-origin-story-of-skidmore-owings-merrill Sean Joyner 2019-10-01T13:52:00-04:00 >2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9e93a14b80cc9f5a10501ae409de1ce7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/som" target="_blank">Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill</a> are three names hardly unrecognizable. Still one of America&rsquo;s largest architecture practices and pioneers of the modern skyscraper, but how did it get its start? Better yet, who is Skidmore? And who is Owings? How about Merrill? And how did the three meet? What is the story behind one of America&rsquo;s most important practices? It is a story few have told and even fewer know, one filled with twists, turns, and unexpected surprises.&nbsp;</p>