The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) announced the retirement of Partner Ellen van Loon from the firm after 26 years.
The announcement says: “Ellen has indicated that she wishes to enter a new phase in her life in which she will have more time to herself. It goes without saying that we deeply regret her decision. Ellen has been a trusted colleague and powerful force within our firm for decades. She also is, and will remain, a dear friend to all of us.”
Van Loon, who was born in the Netherlands and educated at TU Delft, joined the firm in 1998 after working at Foster + Partners. OMA is approaching its 50th year in 2025. Partners Shohei Shigematsu, Jason Long, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, David Gianotten, and Reinier de Graaf remain in charge along with founder Rem Koolhaas, who turns 80 in November.
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Very strange that the text on Archinect and the text in OMA's announcement on their website do not match.
The quoted text in our article reflects the announcement that was up on OMA's website on Friday, July 26. (Other publications quote the same text.) It appears that OMA has updated its version since then.
Good to know. Thanks for the update Archinect, makes sense.
Yeah, "regret her decision" is a bit confusing.
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