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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has completed a restoration of Lever House, designed by SOM in 1952, as part of a $100 redevelopment of the Midtown Manhattan office tower by Brookfield Properties and WatermanClark. John Hill

Filmmaker Michael Blackwood, who directed and/or produced over 150 documentary films, most of them focused on artists, architects, and musicians, died on February 24 at the age of 88. John Hill

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has announced the completion of 800 Fulton Market, a mixed-use office tower in Chicago's booming Fulton Market District. Ulf Meyer finds in it a return to structural expression for SOM. Ulf Meyer

In a statement on Monday, Apple "announced its global facilities are powered with 100 percent clean energy," an achievement that includes retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries. John Hill

Chicago's iconic 100-story John Hancock Center, designed by SOM's Bruce Graham in the late 1960s, is now known as ... 875 North Michigan Avenue. John Hill

The Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced the final list of participants – over 100 architects and artists from more than 30 countries selected by Biennial Co-Artistic Directors Joseph Grima and Sarah Herda. John Hill

On Monday, the 104-story tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) opened in Lower Manhattan, and on the same day SOM launched a photo contest to celebrate the building's completion. John Hill