Ole Scheeren

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Ole Scheeren is a German architect and business partner of Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Floris Alkemade and managing partner Victor van der Chijs. .

Scheeren is partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and director of its Rotterdam and Beijing offices. As partner-in-charge of OMA’s largest project to date, he is leading the design and construction of the China Central Television Station CCTV and the Television Cultural Center TVCC in Beijing. Ole Scheeren is responsible for OMA’s work throughout Asia, including the Beijing Books Building, the forthcoming Prada Epicenter in Shanghai and a residential tower in Singapore. Since 1999 he has directed OMA’s work for Prada and completed the Prada Epicenters in New York City and Los Angeles. He has led numerous other projects, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Leeum Cultural Center in Seoul, and a competition for the masterplan of Penang Island.

Ole Scheeren joined Rem Koolhaas and OMA in 1995 and became partner in 2002. Previously he worked for architecture firms in Germany; collaborated with 2x4, a graphic design firm in New York; and was engaged in a range of projects through his own studio in the United Kingdom. He has been involved in various art projects and exhibitions, such as Cities on the Move in London and Bangkok, Media City Seoul and the Rotterdam Film Festival. He writes and lectures on a regular basis. Educated at the universities of Lausanne and Karlsruhe, Ole Scheeren graduated from the Architectural Association in London and received the RIBA Silver Medal.

According to a Hong Kong magazine, he is currently dating International Movie Star Maggie Cheung (张曼玉), who recently relocated to Beijing to live with him.