Marilyn Jordan Taylor
ULI Chairman (2005-2007) 

Marilyn Jordan Taylor

Chairman, Urban Land Institute
FAIA, Partner-in-Charge, Urban Design & Planning / Airports and Transportation
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Architect and urban designer Marilyn Jordan Taylor is known for her passionate involvement in the design of urban projects and civic initiatives, as well as for her exceptional leadership on some of the most complex public and institutional projects around the world.

An expert in using public space and infrastructure to shape urban districts and civic places, Ms. Taylor leads SOM's Urban Design & Planning practice, including such projects as Columbia University's Manhattanville Master Plan, the East River Waterfront Master Plan, the reclamation of Con Ed's East River sites for mixed-use development, the new research building at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and the new urban campus for John Jay College. Ms. Taylor also founded and leads SOM Airports and Transportation.

Ms. Taylor serves as a member of the Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority's International Advisory Panel of Architects and Urban Planners and the Penn Institute for Urban Research Advisory Board. Ms. Taylor was educated at Radcliffe College, MIT, and the University of California at Berkeley, where she received her Masters in Architecture. She joined SOM in 1971 in the firm's Washington office and was elected Partner in 1985. A long-term member of the firm's Executive Committee, she was also SOM's first woman Chairman.