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Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an architecture firm based in Rotterdam that was founded in 1975 by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and Greek architect Elia Zenghelis, along with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis.

Projects:

• Fondaco dei Tedeschi
• Concrete at Alserkal Avenue

Founded:

• London, 1975

Active Design Offices:

• Rotterdam / Netherlands
• New York / USA
• Hong Kong / China
• Queensland / Australia

Past Design Offices:

• Dubai / UAE (2015-2017)
• Athens / Greece (1982-1985)

Active Site Offices:

• London / United Kingdom
• Doha / Qatar

Past Site Offices:

• Beijing / China
• Doha / Qatar

Partners:

• Rem Koolhaas (1975)
• Ellen van Loon (joined in 1998 became partner 2002)
• Reinier de Graaf (joined in 1996 became partner in 2002)
• Shohei Shigematsu (joined in 1998, became partner in 2008)
• Iyad Alsaka (joined in 2007, became partner in 2011)
• David Gianotten (joined in 2008, became partner in 2010)
• Chris van Duijn (joined in 1996, became partner in 2014)
• Jason Long (joined in 2003, became partner in 2014)

Previous Partners:

• Madelon Vriesendorp (1975)
• Elia Zenghelis and Zoe Zenghelis (became partneer in 1975 – left in 1987)
• Kees Christiaanse (joined in 1980, became partner in. 1983 and left in 1989 to start KCAP)
• Floris Alkemade (joined in 1989 left in 2008 to start FAA)
• Dan Wood (joined in 1994, became partner left in 2003 to start Work.AC)
• Ole Scheeren (joined in 1995, became partner 2002, left in 2010 to start Buro-OS)
• Joshua Prince-Ramus (joined in 1996, left in 2006 to start REX) 
• Victor van der Chijs (joined in 2005 as Managing Partner, left in 2013)
• Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (joined in 2007, became partner in 2014, left in 2020 to start 2050.plus)
• Michael Kokora (joined in 2007, became partner in 2010, left in 2016) (OBJECT TERRITORIES)

Key People:

• Adrianne Fisher (Rotterdam)
• Jake Forster (New York)
• Kees van Casteren (Rotterdam)
• Ravi Kamisetti (Hong Kong)
• Scott Abrahams (New York)

Past:

• Abhijit Kapade
• Adam Frampton (Only If)
• Alain Fouraux (FIX)
• Alejandro Zaera-Polo (FOA) (AZPA) (Princeton University)
• Alessandro De Santis (7278)
• Amale Andraos (work.ac) (Columbia University, GSAPP)
• Amin Alsaden
• Andrea Bertassi (xcoop)
• Arman Akdogan (IND)
• Barend Koolhaas (Barend Koolhaas)
• Beth Hughes (RCA)
• Bjarke Ingels (BIG)
• Clément Blanchet-Arnault (Clement Blanchet)
• Dirk Peters (Barcode)
• Dora Sweijd
• Erez Ella (HQ) (joined 1999 – left in 2006)
• Evangelos Kotsioris (Princeton)
• Farshid Moussavi (FOA) (FMA)
• Felix Madrazo (IND) 
• Fernando Donis (Donis)
• Fernando Romero (FR-EE)
• Gregers Tang Thomsen (Superpool) (Studio-X, Istanbul)
• Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular)
• Karolina Czeczek (Only If)
• Kaveh Dabiri (NoRA)
• Keigo Kobayashi (NoRA)
• Kunle Adeyemi (NLÉ) (joined in 2002)
• Lou Arencibia (OLA)
• Luca Vigliero (KEO)
• Marc Paulin
• Mike Guyer (Gigon/Guyer)
• Minsuk Cho (Mass Studies)
• Mitesh Dixit (Domain Office)
• Natasha Sandmeier (UCLA)
• Olga Aleksakova (buromoscow)
• Oliver Wainwright (The Guardian)
• Ron Witte (WW)
• Sarah Whiting (WW)
• Selma Maaroufi (NoRA)
• Selva Gurdogan (Superpool) (Studio-X, Istanbul)
• Shabnam Hosseini (Shab Office)
• Stephan Petermann (Mann Office)
• Talia Dorsey
• Tudor Vlăsceanu (unulaunu) (Tegmark)
• Winy Maas (MVRDV)
• Yves Brunier
• Zaha Hadid (ZHA)

Built / Under Construction / Demolished:

• CCTV Headquarters (2002 – 2012) Beijing / China (473.000m²)
• Parc des Expositions (2011 – ) France  (271.000m²)
• Interlace (2007 – 2013) Singapore (170.000m²)
• De Rotterdam (1997 – 2013) Rotterdam / Netherlands (162.000m²)
• TVCC (2002 – 2012) Beijing / China (95.000m²)
• Axel Springer (2014 – ) Berlin / Germany (82.000m²)
• Casa da Musica (1999 – 2005) Porto / Portugal (54.127m²)
• Taipei Performing Arts Center (2009 – ) Taipei / Taiwan (46.500m²)
• The Plaza at Santa Monica Place (2013 – ) Los Angeles, CA / USA (45.755m²)
• Timmerhuis (2009 – 2015) Rotterdam / Netherlands  (45.000m²)
• Seattle Public Library (1999 – 2004)  Seattle, WA / USA (38.300m²)
• Commonwealth Institute (2008 – ) London / UK (30.000m²)
• Fondazione Prada (2008 – ) Milano / Italy (28.340m²)
• Blox (2006 – ) Copenhagen / Denmark (27.195m²)
• Congrexpo (1990-1994) Lille / France (20.000m²)
• Musée National des Beaux-arts du Québec (2010 – )  Quebec / Canada (14.850m²)
• New Court Rothschild Bank (2005 – 2011) London / UK (14.492m²)
• Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale (2010 – ) Caen / France (12.700m²)
• Educatorium (1992 – 1995) Utrecht / Netherlands (11.000m²)
• IIT McCormick Tribune Campus Center (1997 – 2003)  Chicago, IL / USA (10.690m²)
• Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre (2001 – 2009) Dallas, TX  / USA (9.000m²)
• Netherlands Embassy (1997 – 2003) Berlin / Germany (8.500m²)
• Netherlands Dance Theatre (1981 – 1987) – 2016) The Hague / Netherlands (7.260m²)
• Kunsthal (1987 – 1992) Rotterdam / Netherlands (7.000m²)
• Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (2011 – 2015) Moscow / Russia (5.408m²)
• Milstein Hall Cornell University (2006 – 2011) Ithaca / USA  (4.370m²)
• Faena Arts Center (2011 – ) Miami, FL / USA (3.954m²)
• Villa dall’Ava (1984 – 1991) Paris / France (1.350m²)
• Alserkal Main Gallery (2015 – 2017) Dubai,  UAE (950m²)
• Maison à Bordeaux (1994 – 1998) Bordeaux / France (500m²)

Unbuilt:

• Exodus (1972) London / UK
• Parc de la Villette (1982) Paris / France
• Ville Nouvelle Melun Senart (1987) Lille / France
• Très Grande Bibliothèque (1989) Paris / France
• Agadir Convention Centre (1990) Agadir, Morocco
• Jussieu Library (1992) Paris / France
• Tate Modern (1994) London / UK
• NSIA Masterplan (1995) Seoul / South Korea
• Universal Headquarters (1996) Los Angeles, CA / USA
• Hyperbuilding (1996) Bangkok /  Thailand
• Cordoba Congress Centre (2002) Cordoba / Spain
• Istanbul Courtyard-Tower (2015) Istanbul / Turkey

Books:

• Delirious New York (1978) (Rem Koolhaas)
• S, M, L, XL (1995) (Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau)
• Content (2004) (Rem Koolhaas)