Featured architect: Rem Koolhaas/OMA

June 17th, 2009

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Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture and Chinese practice Urbanus have won a competition for a new cultural centre and transport hub in Shenzhen, China. More »

April 24th, 2009

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Prada Transformer, a portable, shape-shifting cultural pavilion designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas, will open to the public tomorrow in Seoul, Korea. More »

March 10th, 2009

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Prada Transformer, a portable, shape-shifting cultural pavilion designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas, will make its first appearance in Seoul, Korea next month. More »

February 10th, 2009

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Andrew Lih has sent us a set of photos of Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s Television Cultural Centre in Beijing, which was destroyed by fire last night (via Dezain). More »

April 27th, 2008

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AMO, the research arm of Office for Metropolitan Architecture, recently unveiled their design for new experimental and exhibition spaces for the Prada Art Foundation near Milan.

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April 9th, 2008

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Here are some more renderings and plans of the Bryghusgrunden Project by Office for Metropolitan Architecture. More »

April 7th, 2008

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Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed Bryghusgrunden Project, a building on Copenhagen’s waterfront that will house the Danish Architecture Centre and the Realdania Foundation. More »

March 12th, 2008

Office for Metropolitan Architecture have completed the masterplan for Waterfront City, a new city proposed for Dubai. More »

February 1st, 2008

Office for Metropolitan Architecture has announced a large residential complex containing over 1,000 apartments in Singapore. More »

January 28th, 2008

Office for Metropolitan Architecture have unveiled designs for the new Hamburg Science Centre in Germany. More »

November 22nd, 2007

Construction work has started on Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China, designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture. More »

July 29th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent over a few more images of Dubai Renaissance, a 300m-tall rotating skyscraper. More »

July 24th, 2007

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Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed what will be the tallest tower in Latin America, to be built in the centre of Mexico City. More »

July 22nd, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent us some new renderings, plans and sections of Porsche Design Towers I and II, which they are jointly designing with Porsche Design. More »

July 19th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have designed a new international airport for Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

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Located between Jeddah and Mecca, the airport will cater for the two million pilgrims who make the journey to Mecca during the holy Hajj period and features a special terminal for the Saudi Royal Family (top two images). More »

July 18th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: RAK Gateway is a masterplan by Office for Metropolitan Architecture for a large urban development at Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost of the United Arab Emirates. More »

July 17th, 2007

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OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture has sent images and text of its Kuwait Al-Rai Development Masterplan - a study for a major mixed development in Kuwait City.

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The masterplan features a central open-air pedestrian mall called The Avenues, which aims to reintroduce the idea of promenading to the car-dependent city.

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Over the next few days we’ll be publishing more OMA projects in the Middle East and providing links to those we’ve already published, to present a comprehensive directory of the firm’s activities in the region. More »

July 10th, 2007

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AMO and Prada have launched Prada Prototypes, an online auction of limited-edition Prada garments and accessories. More »

June 22nd, 2007

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The Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, Portugal, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won the European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects awards, held in London tonight. More »

June 15th, 2007

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AMO, the think-tank arm of Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has announced a collaboration with the Hermitage State Museum (above) in St Petersburg, Russia, to develop a new museum typology for the 21st Century. More »