OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading international partnership practicing contemporary architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis.

OMA was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas, Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp as a collaborative office practicing architecture and urbanism.

The office is lead by seven partners: Rem Koolhaas, Ole Scheeren, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Floris Alkemade, Shohei Shigematsu and Managing Partner Victor van der Chijs.

To accommodate a wide range and diversity of projects throughout the world, OMA maintains offices in Europe (OMA Rotterdam), North America (OMA New York) and Asia (OMA Beijing).

The work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA has won several international awards including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000.

AMO:
The counterpart to OMA's traditional architectural practice is AMO, a design and research studio based in the company's Rotterdam office.While OMA remains dedicated to the realization of buildings and master plans, its subsidiary AMO is a think tank that operates in areas beyond the boundaries of architecture and urbanism - including sociology, technology, media and politics.

AMO's resume includes work for Universal Studios, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Harvard University, Condé Nast, Heineken, and Ikea. Recent works include the development of in-store technology, fashion shows, pavilions, exhibitions and websites for Prada, a strategy for the future of Volkswagen, a strategy for a new organic fast food chain and work for a new design institute in Amsterdam, a think-tank in the Middle East and for the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.