David Magie Childs is an American architect and chairman of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He is the architect of the new One World Trade Center in New York City.
383 Madison Avenue at night
One World Trade Center, New York City
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings in Chicago. In 1939, they were joined by engineer John Merrill. The firm opened its second office, in New York City, in 1937 and has since expanded, with additional offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., London, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seattle, and Dubai.
Lever House, New York City (1952)
Manhattan House in New York City
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon (1960)
John Hancock Center, Chicago (1969)