OMA wins competition for second Shenzhen skyscraper
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has won a competition to design a financial office tower in Shenzhen, China, the firm's second building in the city after the soon-to-complete Shenzhen Stock Exchange. More
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Rem Koolhaas reveals title for Venice Architecture Biennale 2014
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 will be called Fundamentals and will chart the emergence of "a single modern language" in global architecture, its director Rem Koolhaas has announced. More
The Ideal House by OMA and AMO for Prada
Milan 2013: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has designed a range of angular furniture for Knoll and used it to furnish the runway show for Prada's Autumn Winter 2013 collection at Milan Men's Fashion Week (+ slideshow). More
Rem Koolhaas confirmed as director of Venice Architecture Biennale 2014
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: architect Rem Koolhaas has today been confirmed as the director of the next Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014 and wants to use the opportunity to readdress the "fundamental elements of architecture". More
OMA, Hassell and Populous to redevelop Sydney's Darling Harbour
News: a team made up of architecture firms OMA, Hassell and Populous has been selected to redevelop Sydney's convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct at Darling Harbour (+ slideshow). More
OMA's gallery design blamed for Rotterdam art heist
News: the architecture of OMA's Kunsthal gallery in Rotterdam has been criticised following the theft of seven major paintings by artists including Picasso, Matisse and Monet. More
École Centrale Engineering School by OMA
OMA has won a competition to design a new campus for the École Centrale school of engineering in France by proposing a 'superblock' of separate buildings within a single gridded structure (+ slideshow). More
"An underdose of utopia can be as dangerous as an overdose" - Reinier de Graaf
In the final movie we filmed with Reinier de Graaf of OMA at the Venice Architecture Biennale, he discusses the firm's fascination with architecture of the late 1960s and how there is an "inherent paradox between the brutal appearance of these buildings and the social mission that they were part of." More
Reinier de Graaf of OMA presents "architecture with a social conscience"
Reinier de Graaf of OMA talks to Dezeen about "architecture with a degree of social conscience" by anonymous local authority architects in France and Italy in the second of three movies we filmed at the firm's Public Works exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012. More
"Bloody fools, bloody fools"
In the first of three movies filmed at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Reinier de Graaf of OMA talks about Pimlico School, a brutalist building in London that was demolished last year and which features in OMA's Public Works exhibition of "masterpieces by bureaucrats" at the biennale. More
Rem Koolhaas tipped to be director of next Venice Architecture Biennale
Dezeen Wire: Rem Koolhaas of OMA is tipped to be director of the next Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014. Among those speculating on Twitter was assistant director for the 2012 biennale Kieran Long, who tweeted "it's certain to be Rem Koolhaas next time. Done deal say my sources." More
Public Works: Architecture by Civil Servants by OMA at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
OMA present an archive of buildings designed by European local authority architects in the 1960s and 70s at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012, which opens to the public this week. More
Merchandising System by OMA for Coach
Dezeen Wire: architects OMA are developing a modular display system for the stores of American accessories brand Coach. More
New Court, Rothschild Bank headquarters by OMA with Allies and Morrison
The OMA-designed headquarters for the Rothschild Bank in London is one of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). More
Five years ago...
It was a busy time for architects OMA this week five years ago, as they released designs for major projects that included a large urban development in the United Arab Emirates (above) and a 300-metre skyscraper in Mexico City (below). More
Floriade 2022 by OMA
Architects OMA have proposed flower auction houses, cable cars and an outdoor theatre as part of Central Holland's bid to host the World Horticultural Expo in 2022. More
G-Star RAW Headquarters by OMA
Construction has begun on the new OMA-designed headquarters for fashion brand G-Star RAW in Amsterdam, which will feature a facade that slides open. More
Seven-screen pavilion by OMA for Kanye West
Kanye West's first short film was shown on seven cinema screens surrounding the audience inside a pyramid designed by architects OMA at the Cannes Film Festival in France yesterday. More
CCTV Headquarters by OMA
The China Central Television Headquarters in Beijing by architects OMA are now complete. More
Stage set at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse by OMA
Slideshow: OMA have created a stage set for an ancient outdoor theatre in Sicily that dates back to the fifth century BC. More