OMA NY: Search Term

Description

Well into its fourth decade, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas in 1975, remains one of the most influential and successful practices of its kind. OMA describes itself as a firm operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism that applies architectural thinking to domains beyond. The firm s impact on the way we live is undeniable. OMA has transformed our understanding of the city and our evolving relationship with art, shopping, sustainability, and other quintessentially twenty-first-century preoccupations. The works presented here elaborate on OMA s philosophy even as they expand its portfolio geographically. Featured projects (helmed by partners Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long) include residential skyscrapers in New York and San Francisco, mixed-use developments in Tokyo and Fukuoka, and the master plans for Facebook s Menlo Park campus, alongside more intimate spaces such as the studio for renowned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Permanent structures, such as Milstein Hall at Cornell University, the new galleries of Quebec s Musee National des Beaux-Arts, the Japan flagship of Coach, and the expansion of the New Museum in Manhattan, contrast vividly with temporary interventions such as the Manus x Machina exhibition at the Met Costume Institute and the soaring concrete columns of An Occupation of Loss.

Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long are partners at OMA, based out of the New York office. Iris van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer and founder of her eponymous label. Virgil Abloh is an American fashion designer and founder of Off White.

"There is something about architecture firm OMA's new monograph, with its glossy, razor thin pages and jam-packed spreads, that calls to mind the Uline catalogue. Covered in a plastic sheath, the hefty coffee table book unpacks 23 projects past and present as a way into the question: what is OMA NY? Expert witnesses are called. Pioneers like Virgil Abloh, Alice Waters, David Byrne and Massimiliano Gioni all make a case for what continues to put the design studio ahead of its time." -CULTURED "For the New York office's first monograph, OMA NY: Search Term (Rizzoli), the firm partners Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long re-examine their most influential projects: residential skyscrapers in Miami and San Francisco, mixed-use developments in Tokyo and Houston, more intimate spaces such as the studio for artist Cai Guo-Qiang, and more." -SURFACE