OMA
"A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never the same."
Bio
OMA is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism.
OMA is led by eight partners – Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long, and Managing Partner-Architect David Gianotten – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia.
OMA-designed buildings and structures currently under construction are the renovation of Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin, The Factory in Manchester, the Simone-Veil Bridge in Bordeaux and the CMG Qianhai Global Trade Center in Shenzhen.
OMA’s completed projects include Taipei Performing Arts Centre (2022), Audrey Irmas Pavilion (2021), Norra Tornen in Stockholm (2020), Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (2020), MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre (2020), Galleria in Gwanggyo (2020), Prince Plaza in Shenzhen (2020), nhow RAI Hotel in Amsterdam (2020), a new building for Brighton College (2020), Potato Head Studios (2020), WA Museum Boola Bardip in Perth (2019), The Avery in San Francisco (2019), 121 East 22nd in New York (2019), Sotheby’s Headquarters in New York (2019), Fondazione Prada (2018), BLOX / DAC in Copenhagen (2018), Fondation d'Entreprise Galeries Lafayette in Paris (2018), Qatar National Library (2018). Earlier buildings include Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015), De Rotterdam (2013), CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012), Casa da Música in Porto (2005), Seattle Central Library (2004), and The Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003).