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OMA to restore ‘Fondaco dei Tedeschi’, landmark building in Venice

Posted on September 1, 2010

OMA recently unveils its design for the major restoration and redefinition of one of Venice’s largest and most iconic buildings: the ‘Fondaco dei Tedeschi’, a property owned by the Benetton family, adjacent to the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal.

First constructed in 1228, the ‘Fondaco dei Tedeschi’ began as a trading post for German merchants and became a customs house under Napoleon in 1806. Its use as a post office has diminished in recent years, leaving much of the building unused and inaccessible for the first time in centuries. The latest evolution of the Fondaco will create a thriving contemporary trading post in the form of a culturally-programmed department store. Continue Reading →

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OMA Wins Competition for New Chu Hai College Campus in Hong Kong

Posted on August 2, 2010

In January 2010, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in collaboration with Leigh & Orange Architects has won the competition for the new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education in the New Territories in Hong Kong. The campus will give Chu Hai College, established in 1947, a new identity as well as a new site. Continue Reading →

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OMA’s Shenzhen Stock Exchange Tops Out

Posted on June 29, 2010

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) – designed by OMA as the new home for China’s equivalent of the NASDAQ exchange for hi-tech industries – topped out today at 246 metres. The building is remarkable not only for its height: with a raised podium suspended 36 metres over a public plaza and projecting 54 metres from the tower base, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange has one of the largest cantilevers in the world. Continue Reading →

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OMA Wins Competition to Design ‘Beaux Arts Museum’ for Quebec Expansion

Posted on April 5, 2010

OMA has been announced as the winner of the international competition for the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) expansion. The CAD$90 million project was also consulted with local residents, with an 82% of approval.

A series of stacked boxes remind the programmatic relations of Seattle’s Library, while generating an interesting grand hall facing the street with urban qualities. Continue Reading →

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