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The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in short OMA, is the Rotterdam based architecture firm of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The firm was founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis with Madelon Vriesendorp and Zoe Zenghelis. Rotterdam Location Coat of arms The coat of arms reads Sterker door Strijd, i. ...
Seattle Central Library, designed by OMA Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Seattle Central Library, designed by OMA Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ...
Elia Zenghelis (Born 1937, Athens, Greece) is a Greek architect and teacher. ...
Madelon Vriesendorp is a Dutch artist. ...
Founding Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis started working together in the early seventies at the Architectural Association, the London-based architecture school where Koolhaas was a student and Zengelis an instructor. Their first major project was the utopian/dystopian project Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture (1972). This project proposed a linear structure, cutting through London like a knife. Other pre-OMA projects include City of the Captive Globe (1974), Hotel Sphinx (1975), New Welfare Island/Welfare Palace Hotel (1975-76), Roosevelt Island Redevelopment (1975), all ‘paper’ projects that were not (intended to be) built, and all located in Manhattan, the subject of Rem Koolhaas’ famous book Delirious New York, A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan (1975). The Architectural Association (also known as AA School of Architecture) is the oldest independent school of architecture in the UK. It was founded by a group of dissatisfied young architects in 1847 to provide a self-directed, independent education at a time when there ws no formal training available. ...
This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...
Left panel (The Earthly Paradise, Garden of Eden), from Hieronymus Boschs The Garden of Earthly Delights. ...
A dystopia (alternatively, cacotopia[1], kakotopia or anti-utopia) is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. ...
Main Street on Roosevelt Island Roosevelt Island, formerly known as Welfare Island, is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. ...
The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...
The actual start of OMA and the setting up of the Rotterdam office coincided with their entry in the architectural design competition for a new Dutch parliament building in The Hague (1978, with Zaha Hadid). OMA was one of the first-prize winners (among some 10 others), and the project was widely discussed and published. The commission, however, was given to an architect who did not participate in the competition. The entry for the Dutch parliament competition was the first of a series of controversial and successful international competition entries by OMA in the 1980s that were not built by OMA. Rotterdam Location Coat of arms The coat of arms reads Sterker door Strijd, i. ...
Arms of The Hague Flag of The city of The Hague. ...
Zaha Hadid Portrait Interior of Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck BMW Central Building, Leipzig Vitra fire station, Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها Øديد) CBE (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad, Iraq) is a notable Iraqi-British deconstructivist architect. ...
The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...
OMA in the 1980s OMA's first major commissions were The Netherlands Dance Theatre (1981) in The Hague and IJ-Plein Urban planning (1981-1988) in Amsterdam. Due to change of location a second design for the Dance Theatre was made in 1984. Once completed in 1987, the building received international attention. Although full of ‘first mistakes’, the Dance Theatre is the first realised design in which the ideas of Rem Koolhaas were made apparent. IJ-plein is located at the IJ river, opposite the city center. The masterplan consists of 1300 dwellings and several facilities. OMA designed the school, the community center and two blocks of housing. Although IJ-plein was a success, Koolhaas hardly ever mentions the design anymore.
Apart from these two noteworthy projects few designs were realised in the 80s: a police station in Almere (1982-1985), a bus station in Rotterdam (1985-1987, demolished in 2005), Byzantium apartment block in Amsterdam (1985-1991) and Checkpoint Charlie Housing in Berlin (1984-1990). None of these designs however could match the two houses, one in Rotterdam, one in Paris. The first house was a duo of "Miesian" patio villas (1985-1988) inserted in a dike in Rotterdam. The second – and arguably the best, most full-grown design of OMA until that date – is Villa Dall’Ava in Paris (1984-1991). The client – according to Koolhaas - asked for a "masterpiece". He wanted a glass house. She wanted a swimming pool on the roof. They got both, and the masterpiece in the bargain. But it took some time. So many delays plagued the house that it "became a record of our own (OMA’s) growing up" (Koolhaas in S,M,L,XL). Checkpoint Charlie as tourist attraction. ...
Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969) was an architect and designer. ...
Afsluitdijk, a 32 km dike in the Netherlands. ...
S,M,L,XL (ISBN 1885254865) is a book by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau. ...
Several studies were made during the 80s: Study for the renovation of a panopticon prison in Arnhem in 1979, Boompjes tower slab in Rotterdam (1979), Housing for Berlin IBA (1980, not realised and the reason OMA would not design anything in Berlin anymore in the 20th century, the Dutch Embassy Building being the come-back), masterplan for a world exhibition in Paris (1983). Much more important however were the competition entries OMA designed in this period. They gained the office international fame (but not one design was actually built).
21st century OMA
 Seattle Central Library Exterior The OMA was awarded the contract for the Seattle Central Library, completed in 2005, despite not having been on the list of firms originally invited to submit designs. Former Seattle resident Joshua Prince-Ramus, a partner, heard from his mother about the meeting for interested firms and flew in from the Netherlands. Seattle Central Library 1 week after opening day. ...
Seattle Central Library 1 week after opening day. ...
Seattle Central Library Exterior The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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This 11-story glass and steel building is a striking addition to the Seattle cityscape.
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European Flag Proposal Following the signing of Treaties of Nice in May 2001, which made Brussels the official capital of Europe, the then President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi and the Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt invited Koolhaas to discuss the necessities and requirements of a European capital. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (902x489, 51 KB) Summary Description: Future European Flag design (so-called Barcode) by Rem Koolhaas and his design-office OMA, used for the first time officially for the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Spring 2006. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (902x489, 51 KB) Summary Description: Future European Flag design (so-called Barcode) by Rem Koolhaas and his design-office OMA, used for the first time officially for the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Spring 2006. ...
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Presidency of the Council of the European Union refers to the responsibility of presiding over all aspects of the Council of the European Union, when exercised collectively by a government, on a pre-established rota of the member states, of the European Union. ...
Treaty of Nice The Treaty of Nice is a treaty adopted in Nice by the European Council to amend the two founding treaties of the European Union: the Treaty on European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, which introduced the Euro and the 3-pillar structure of the EU; the Treaty of...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989 - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area - City 162 (Region) km² (62. ...
The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ...
(born 9 August 1939) is a centre-left Italian politician. ...
Guy Verhofstadt (help· info) (born April 11, 1953) is a Belgian politician and currently, the Prime Minister of Belgium. ...
During these talks and as an impetus for further discussion, Koolhaas and OMA suggested the development of a visual language. This idea inspired a series of drawings and drafts, including the "Barcode". The barcode unites the flags of the EU countries into a single colourful symbol. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
In the current European flag, there is a fixed number of stars. In the barcode however, new Member States of the EU can be added without space constraints. Originally, the barcode displayed 15 EU countries. In 2004, the symbol was adapted to include the ten new Member States. Flag Ratio: 2:3 The European flag consists of a circle of twelve golden stars on a blue background. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Since the time of the first drafts of the barcode it has never been officially used by commercial or political institutions. During the Austrian EU Presidency 2006 it is officially used for the first time. The logo has already been used for the EU information campaign which will also be continued during the Austrian EU Presidency. There was initially some uproar caused, as the stripes of the flag of Estonia were displayed incorrectly. Presidency of the Council of the European Union refers to the responsibility of presiding over all aspects of the Council of the European Union, when exercised collectively by a government, on a pre-established rota of the member states, of the European Union. ...
AMO In the late nineties, while working on the design for the new headquarters for Universal (currently Vivendi), OMA was first exposed to the full pace of change that engulfed the world of media and with it the increasing importance of the virtual domain. It led Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) to create a new company, AMO, exclusively dedicated to the investigation and performance in this realm.
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