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OMA has shared with Archinect photos from a new Shohei Shigematsu-led temporary installation and retail space for Louis Vuitton in Midtown Manhattan that has captured the critical attention of New Yorkers in the buildup to the holiday shopping season. This is OMA's second collaboration with the... View full entry
This year, to mark the 200th anniversary of the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, OMA has collaborated with the local architect Andrea Tabocchini for a reset of its historic Gallery of the Kings. Partner David Gianotten and Project Architect Andreas Karavanas were responsible for leading the... View full entry
OMA has begun work on its renovation of the Perth Concert Hall in Western Australia's capital. The 51-year-old Brutalist structure, which was originally designed by Jeffrey Howlett and Donald Bailey, will undergo an over $98.5 million state-of-the-art reworking to enhance its visitor experience... View full entry
The split between the Centre Pompidou and State of New Jersey may soon be repaired after a new satellite venue was announced for Jersey City following the original plan’s mid-summer cancellation. The museum will be realized at 100,000 square feet. Jersey City's Mayor Steven Fulop says it will be... View full entry
The unlikely pairing of the Centre Pompidou and the state of New Jersey that would have seen OMA remake the historic Pathside Building in Jersey City into its first American satellite appears to be over after officials determined the project to be "no longer viable" financially. "Due to the... View full entry
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... View full entry
Work on the OMA-led new LANTERN project has been completed in Detroit’s Little Village neighborhood. The block-sized 22,300-square-foot complex serves as a new home for two local arts non-profits. Signal-Return, designed by Detroit-based M1DTW, and PASC (Progressive Arts Studio Collective) will... View full entry
the drawing for (Parc de) la Villette...was based on very definite sources...Of course...it was no gigantic leap if you were familiar with those Belgian cartoons. Willem-Jan Neutelings would always draw these little cartoons for the buildings he made, certainly when he opened his own office...The other inspiration was a painter in Chicago named Roger Brown, who made these tip-up paintings—all his scenes were using that perspective—and he was influenced by Italian 13-14th Century painting. — Drawing Matter
In collaboration with Drawing Matter, Architect Richard Hall is publishing a 6-part series based on twenty-three in-depth conversations with key collaborators working with OMA during its formative years. Most of the image material is from the in-house project archive of OMA at the Rotterdam office... View full entry
OMA has broken ground on its new Miami Beach development called The Perigon. The project from partner Jason Long at 5333 Collins Avenue will reach a height of 17 floors when it first opens to residents in late 2026. A total of 73 one- and two-bedroom residences are included, oriented around... View full entry
Photos of the central hub for Perth Design Week, the eight-day event taking place now in the Western Australia capital, have been revealed by OMA to go along with the start of festivities. Their colorful design for PRINCIPLES Square is located inside Cathedral Square in Perth's city center and... View full entry
OMA has completed the AIR CIrcular Campus and Cooking Club in Dempsey Hill, Singapore. The scheme saw the overhaul of an existing modernist building and surrounding green space into what the team calls “a place for novel dining experiences, inviting broader thinking and discussions about food... View full entry
AMO’s latest collaboration with the fashion industry went on display recently as part of the 2024 FW Prada Men's Show, held on January 14th at the Fondazione Prada for Milan Fashion Week. For the presentation, AMO and partner in charge Rem Koolhaas created a scenographic imitation of an outmoded... View full entry
OMA has revealed plans for its first post-pandemic residential design in Taipei. The new Metropolitan Village project is being designed by OMA Managing Partner David Gianotten and Taiwan Project Director Chiaju Lin and calls for a 23-story tower comprised of interconnected volumes arranged around... View full entry
OMA and Partner Shohei Shigematsu have shared new photos of their just-completed work on the Toranomon Hills Station Tower project for developer Mori Building Co. in Tokyo. The first high-rise to be completed inside the studio’s larger Toranomon Hills mixed-use district overlooks the terminus of... View full entry
OMA has shared photos of the newly-reopened Buffalo AKG ARt Museum (formerly the Albright-Knox Gallery) following a special ribbon-cutting ceremony that was held on June 12 in Buffalo, New York. The culmination of more than three years of construction yielded the renovation of two... View full entry
