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- Architects to transform two old railway yards into eco parks in Milan Wed, 15 May 19, 5:30amOMA and Milan-based Laboratorio Permanente have won a competition to transform two abandoned railway yards in Milan into eco parks that will act as “ecological filters” for the car-centric city...
- OMA unveils designs for zigzagging residential towers in Brooklyn Thu, 14 Mar 19, 2:30amOMA’s New York office has unveiled striking designs for the Greenpoint Landing mixed-use towers—two dramatically stepped buildings that appear to be two jagged halves of a whole...
- OMAs MPavilion 2017 with a floating roof opens today in Melbourne Mon, 2 Oct 17, 7:30pmMelbourne is heating up for the summer with a new OMA-designed amphitheater. OMA founder Rem Koolhaas and colleague Daniel Gianotten just completed MPavilion 2017, a temporary pavilion that opened today in Melbourne’s Queen...
- Amsterdam is transforming a prison into a green energy-generating neighborhood Wed, 13 Sep 17, 8:30pmA brighter, solar-powered future is coming to Bijlmerbajes, a former prison complex in Amsterdam. The Dutch government tapped OMA to design a masterplan of the 7.5-hectare site, as well as a significant portion of the 135,000-square-meter...
- Los Angeles approves $28 million FAB Park designed by OMA and IDEO Mon, 13 Jun 16, 10:00pmLos Angeles may soon receive a much-needed green boost. City officials have chosen the design team for a planned 2-acre park downtown, near the Los Angeles City Hall at 1st Street and Broadway. Their team headed by Mia Lehrer...
- Winning FAB Park design team receives $28 million budget to green up LA Mon, 13 Jun 16, 10:00pmLos Angeles may soon receive a much-needed green boost. City officials have chosen the design team for a planned 2-acre park downtown, near the Los Angeles City Hall at 1st Street and Broadway. Their team headed by Mia Lehrer...
- OMA unveils designs to transform iconic RFK Stadium-Armory campus from pavement to sports park Fri, 8 Apr 16, 6:00pmEvents DC, the official sports authority and convention of the city, revealed two OMA proposals—the “North-South Axis” and “Stitch”—this week at a community meeting that drew a crowd of around 400 people...
- OMA unveils plans to renovate Europe’s largest department store in Berlin Wed, 20 Jan 16, 8:00pmFounded in 1905, KaDeWe currently offers over 60,000 square meters of retail space across eight floors, each featuring a different type of merchandise...
- OMA completes the Netherlands’ most sustainable mixed-use building in Rotterdam Fri, 11 Dec 15, 1:00amCommissioned by the City of Rotterdam, the 48,400-square-meter, €100-million Timmerhuis was conceived through a public-private partnership and is located adjacent to the existing 1953 municipal building in the city’s...
- OMA unveils plans to transform former tobacco plant into local food hub in Louisville Wed, 25 Feb 15, 1:00amIn an ambitious effort to bring food producers and consumers closer together, OMA has developed a masterplan that consists of all stages in the food chain...
- OMA unveils plans to transform former tobacco plant site into food hub celebrating local food in Louisville Wed, 25 Feb 15, 1:00amIn an ambitious effort to bring food producers and consumers closer together, OMA has developed a masterplan that consists of all stages in the food chain...
- OMA wins competition for the Lujiazui Exhibition Center in Shanghai Tue, 16 Dec 14, 5:00pmThe new Exhibition Center will serve as a major culture and event hub for the famous financial district of Lujiazui. Set atop a ramp, the building is designed as a "spatial armature" that rises above the events plaza. The...
- Four Visionary Designs Unveiled for D.C.’s First Elevated Park Fri, 12 Sep 14, 11:02pmCovering an area greater than three football fields, 11th Street Bridge Park will offer a variety of programming from environmental education and public art to urban agriculture and recreational sports...
- OMA Celebrates Topping Out the Taipei Performing Arts Center Today! Wed, 27 Aug 14, 7:20pmOMA sought to break the conventional mold of performance center design by creating a structure that embraced flexible programming and experimental theater production...
- MIT Proposes “New Meadowlands” Plan to Protect New Jersey and New York from Future Storms Thu, 10 Apr 14, 4:30amHow would some of the nation's smartest minds approach the Eastern seaboard's increasingly dire problem of rising tides and storms? A team led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently submitted their proposed...