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Manhattan’s Latest Power Couple: OMA Extends the New Museum’s Original SANAA Building with an Addition

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0400

Shohei Shigematsu's new wing nearly doubles the size of Manhattan’s consummate contemporary-art museum.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Jason Long

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:19:34 -0500

OMA New York partner Jason Long joins DESIGN:ED to discuss the firm’s approach to adaptive reuse and the design of 730 Stanyan, an affordable housing project in San Francisco.

At OMA’s Newly Debuted Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux, Vehicular Traffic Takes a Back Seat

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:51:53 -0400

Spanning 1,800 feet across the Garonne River, the ‘anti-iconic’ bridge offers little in terms of structural razzle-dazzle—and that’s entirely the point.

Adaptive Reuse Projects by PRO and OMA Anchor a Burgeoning Arts District in Detroit

Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 -0400

The revived grounds of a Catholic church and a transformed commercial bakery form the heart of Library Street Collective's Little Village arts campus.

In Tokyo, a Tower by OMA Twists and Turns to Embrace the Public

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 01:02:54 -0500

The 126-foot-long light installation on the underside of the project's sky bridge encourages connection to the cosmos.

Leo Villareal Punctuates Tokyo's Toranomon Hills Station Tower with Dynamic Illumination

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:05:00 -0500

The 126-foot-long light installation on the underside of the project's sky bridge encourages connection to the cosmos.

OMA's Cultural Center in Manchester Accommodates the City's Industrial Past and Burgeoning Future

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:08:00 -0500

Aviva Studios offers year-round flexible programming space and a permanent home for the biennial Manchester International Festival.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Shohei Shigematsu

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 17:15:54 -0400

OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu joins the podcast to discuss designing within the confines of a historical context, redefining the museum typology, and the firm's addition at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

OMA Designs a New Wing for Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 08:26:17 -0400

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum welcomes visitors after a seven-year effort that included complex negotiations with preservationists.

RECORD Discusses Designing Spaces for Art and Community with Architects and Museum Leaders

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:59:37 -0400

The sold-out Record on the Road symposium featured Thomas Phifer, Shohei Shigematsu, and the directors of three leading New York museums.

OMA Completes “Yin and Yang” Towers on the Brooklyn Waterfront

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:32:52 -0500

The residential project for Brookfield comprises two buildings that juxtapose setbacks with improbable cantilevers.

At OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center, Building as Public Performance

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 06:08:00 -0500

The Rem Koolhaas-designed center embraces the visual chaos of Taipei.

Three Starchitect-Designed Museums Planned in Qatar

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:56:00 -0400

Widespread reports of abuse of migrant workers have cast a shadow over the country’s development efforts.

The Future of San Francisco's Transbay District

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Tech offices are dark and storefronts are empty. But, as residential towers by Studio Gang and OMA show, the future of San Francisco’s new mixed-use district is planned for diversity and affordability.

Rem to the Rescue: Review of 'Countryside, The Future'

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0500

The exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, on view until August 14, raises more questions than it answers.

OMA Brings Pierre Paulin’s Vision to the Bordeaux House

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500

Rem Koolhaas has installed the late French designer's modular furniture system in the Bordeaux House. The exhibition runs through January 2020.

The New Museum’s New Building Design by OMA Revealed

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:00:00 -0400

OMA’s design for the addition, unveiled today, neither competes with, nor defers to the SANAA building. With a simple but dynamic origami-like form, it takes cues from its predecessor while addressing its deficiencies.

OMA’s First Ground-Up Project in New York City Now Complete

Thu, 23 May 2019 11:00:00 -0400

The new high-rise residential development is located in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood.

New OMA-designed Sotheby’s Hosts Record-Breaking Sales

Wed, 15 May 2019 09:50:00 -0400

OMA’s first major gallery space in the U.S. served as the perfect backdrop for record-breaking sales, which included a $110.7 million Monet.

OMA Unveils Design of Residential Towers Along the Brooklyn Waterfront

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:00:00 -0500

The firm’s first project in the borough will bring 745 units of housing to the north Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint.

OMA-Designed Renovation of Sotheby’s New York to Open in May

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 05:00:00 -0500

The firm’s New York office will revamp the famed auction house’s lower four floors.

OMA New York Designs Dior Exhibition at the Denver Art Museum

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:00:00 -0500

OMA New York's curvalicious exhibition design dominates a sharp-cornered space.

The Albright-Knox Art Gallery Reveals Its New OMA-Designed Building

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 22:50:00 -0400

The project will add 29,000 square feet of new space to the museum in Buffalo.

Prada Tower by OMA

Wed, 30 May 2018 07:01:00 -0400

The last piece in the Prada arts complex in Milan opens.

BLOX by OMA

Wed, 23 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400

A modern structure by OMA finally emerges on a complex waterfront site in Copenhagen.

Qatar National Library by OMA

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:00:00 -0400

An otherworldly building, as surprising on the inside as it is on the outside, emerges in Qatar's desert.

OMA’s Lafayette Anticipations Opens in Paris

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:00:00 -0400

In a former warehouse in the city’s historic Marais district, OMA designs a discreet new arts center for the Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette.

Rijnstraat 8 by OMA

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:00:00 -0500

Retaining its skeleton, a ministry building in the Hague is transformed into an open, flexible space.

Design Museum in London Celebrates First Anniversary

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:51:00 -0500

A project of OMA, Allies and Morrison, and John Pawson, the museum saw more than 780,000 visitors in its first year.

Lab City CentraleSupélec by OMA

Wed, 08 Nov 2017 08:30:00 -0500

Two engineering schools merge to create a sprawling research hub in a Paris suburb.