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About Office for Metropolitan Architecture
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading
international partnership practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism, and
cultural analysis.
The office is led by six partners – Rem Koolhaas, Ole
Scheeren, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu and Managing
Partner, Victor van der Chijs – and employs a staff of around 220 of more than
35 nationalities. Architects, researchers, designers, model makers, industrial
designers and graphic designers work in close collaboration, and expert
consultants are intimately involved from the beginning of the design process.
OMA's recently completed projects include Prada Transformer,
a rotating multi-use pavilion in Seoul (2009), the Zeche Zollverein Historical
Museum and masterplan in Essen (2006), the Seoul National University Museum of
Art (2005), the much acclaimed Casa da Música in Porto (2005), the Prada
Epicenter in Los Angeles (2004), the Seattle Central Library (2004), the Leeum
Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul (2004), the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin
(2003), the IIT Campus Center in Chicago (2003), and the Prada Epicenter in New
York (2001).
The work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA has won several
international awards including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000, the
Praemium Imperiale (Japan)
in 2003, the RIBA Gold Medal (UK) in 2004 and the Mies van der Rohe – European
Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (2005).
To accommodate a range of projects throughout the world, OMA
maintains offices in Europe (OMA*AMO Rotterdam), North
America (OMA*AMO Architecture PC New York), Asia
(OMA Beijing). OMA also recently established an office in Hong Kong
for its work on several projects in the region.









