Chris Cooper

SOM

Chris Cooper is an ambitious design leader who brings foresight, elegance, tectonic rigor, and artful experiences to his buildings. Throughout his two decades at SOM, he has led projects with a careful attention to scale, sustainability, and placemaking. As a co-founder of SOM’s Climate Action Group, Chris always seeks to elevate standards for sustainable design in his work—from 7 World Trade Center, New York’s first commercial office building to achieve LEED-C/S Gold certification; to the redevelopment of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center in Cambridge, a cutting-edge headquarters designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification; to a new, secure, and sustainable production facility for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Maryland.