OMA Architects, an architecture office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
This Dutch architecture practice is led by architect and architectural theorist Rem Koolhaas.
e-architect select what we consider to be the most interesting architectural projects by Office for Metropolitan Architecture globally and post frequently.
In addition, we feature a selection of the best new building designs around the world by this studio. The practice was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, along with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.
In conclusion, we post information and images of significant contemporary architecture projects by this Dutch design practice on this international website.
Finally, our tag archives about OMA are informative and together provide a useful global architectural resource.
The new headquarters for the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) has been completed in Shenzhen’s Central Business District. The 180,000 m2 building is OMA’s next completed building in China after the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing.
Although aspects of this building look perfectly normal – the straight tower, the repetitive fenestration – look at the podium, it has been jacked 36m above ground level. Why? The architects put forward their case which seems based on challenging tradition, “defying an architectural convention” but also on trying to ‘broadcast’ the virtual activities of the city’s financial market by being more visible, ‘glowing at night’.
New Court, the new London headquarters for Rothschild, and OMA’s first building in London, has been completed. The 21,000m2 building is embedded in the narrow medieval alley of St Swithin’s Lane in the heart of the City of London
The design of TPAC, comprising a 1,500-seat theatre and two 800-seat theatres, is the result of investigation into the internal workings of theatre. Plugged into a central cube clad in corrugated glass, each theatre shares backstage space and mechanical facilities.
United Nations UN North Delegates Lounge, Building New York, Architect, Offices UN North Delegates Lounge, New York 1st Avenue Interior, Manhattan, United States of America – design by OMA Dec 17, 2011 United Nations North Delegates Lounge (UNO Buildings) Location: 1st Avenue, New York 2011- Design: OMA OMA collaborates on redesigning UN North Delegates Lounge … Read more
OMA Architects Exhibition, Barbican Art Gallery London OMA Exhibition : Barbican Art Gallery Show OMA/Progress, England, UK 10 Oct 2011 OMA – Exhibition OMA/Progress 6 Oct 2011 – 19 Feb 2012 Barbican Art Gallery, London, England, UK ‘Every architect carries the utopian gene.’ Rem Koolhaas This autumn Barbican Art Gallery is transformed by a major … Read more
OMA’s exhibition (IM)PURE, (IN)FORMAL, (UN)BUILT at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Made in collaboration with students at the Paris Malaquais School of Architecture, the exhibition focuses on three French libraries designed by OMA
Coinciding with the start of the Venice Biennale today, OMA and Prada open an exhibition surveying recent collaborative works. The exhibition appears at Ca’ Corner della Regina, a former palazzo, alongside highlights from the Prada Fondazione collection.
McKinsey & Company Hong Kong Office, OMA Interior HK, Image, News, Architect, Project McKinsey & Company Hong Kong McKinsey & Company Offices, Hong Kong, China – design by OMA 3 Jun 2011 McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong OMA completes new office space for McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong Hong Kong, 3 June 2011 … Read more
Office for Metropolitan Architecture, OMA – Dutch architects, buildings by Rem Koolhaas – Netherlands design office news: Dutch practice
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading international partnership practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism and cultural analysis. It is engaged in a large number of projects in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America.
Hong Kong Urban Transit Vision, Building, Image, News, Architect, Cultural Complex, Project Hong Kong Urban Transit Proposal Hong Kong Urban Transit Development, China – design by OMA 18 Jan 2011 Hong Kong Urban Transit Vision OMA to Design New Vision for Urban Transit in Hong Kong Hong Kong / Rotterdam, January 18, 2011 – OMA … Read more
OMA’s first completed project in Hong Kong opens today: museum-quality exhibition space and offices for the Edouard Malingue Gallery, the city’s first gallery dedicated to Impressionist and Modernist masterpieces.
The 12,000m2 building will be the focal point of new development in Caen. Surpassing five submissions by internationally-renowned competitors, the project, led by OMA associate-in-charge Clément Blanchet, will be OMA’s first cultural building in France.
Strelka, a new postgraduate school in Moscow for Media, Architecture and Design, is teaming up with OMA at the 12TH International Architecture Exhibition – directed by Kazuyo Sejima
The library represents, maybe with the prison, the last of the uncontested moral universes. The moral goodness of the library is intimately connected to the conceptual values of the book: the library is its fortress; librarians are its guardians.
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