Ellen van Loon, Partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), joins us for the lecture "Was it Just a Dream? Architecture and Social Inclusion" at 5:30 p.m. in Farish Gallery.
Ellen van Loon, partner at OMA, joined the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in 1998 and has led several award-winning building projects that combine sophistication design with precise execution. Some of her most significant contributions include the new home of the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen (2018); Rijnstraat 8 (2017); the G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (2014); De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands (2013); New Court, the Rothschild Bank headquarters in London (2011); exterior and interior design for Maggie's Centre near Glasgow (2011); the Prada Transformer pavilion in Seoul (2009); Casa da Musica in Porto (2005), winner of the 2007 RIBA Award; and the Dutch Embassy in Berlin (2003), winner of the European Union Mies van der Rohe award in 2005. Van Loon is currently working on the Factory Manchester, a large performing arts venue for the city; a new building for Brighton College in England; and the renovation of the Dutch parliament in The Hague.
The Cullinan Lecture and Seminar Series is made possible through the generous support of the Cullinan endowment and the Betty R. and George F. Pierce Jr., FAIA, Fund.