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Kent Jackson

Design Partner

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Kent Jackson
Kent Jackson is a Design Director in SOM's London office. 
Kent’s experience encompasses a diverse range of scales and uses, including corporate offices, airports, residential developments, and large mixed-use urban schemes. Having worked in SOM's Chicago and London offices, Jackson has an overarching understanding of the practice and a diverse range of experience across all aspects of architectural design. Jackson has spent the last 12 years in the London office, and under his leadership, SOM London has won a number of significant projects including: an international competition for a new headquarters in Geneva for Japan Tobacco International Headquarters; an international competition for a new mixed-use, 55-story tower in Istanbul, Turkey; and London’s new tallest residential building, the 42-story Manhattan Loft Gardens in Stratford City.

Latest contributions

Remembering Roger Kallman

Culture

03 November 2026

Remembering Roger Kallman

Kent Jackson and Peter Murray OBE remember Roger Kallman, celebrating his contribution to urban planning and a life enriched by architecture, travel and friendship.

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50 of the best: Kent Jackson

Education & Health

24 August 2022

50 of the best: Kent Jackson

Kent Jackson, Partner at SOM, shares his best thing about London - the hospitals and the NHS, embodying the best of what humans can achieve - to provide world-class care for all who need it.

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Kent Jackson

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