Ellen van Loon

Ellen van Loon is partner in charge of a large number of the projects at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. These include the award winning Netherlands Embassy in Berlin, the recently completed Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, the Cordoba Congress Center in Spain and the renowned Mercati Generali development in Rome, Italy. Her other projects in progress include the headquarters of the N M Rothschild & Sons, one of the world's leading independent investment banking organizations, in London, De Rotterdam mixed-use towers in Rotterdam and the Danish Architecture Centre in Copenhagen.

After working on the design of the German Reichstag in Berlin for Foster and Partners she was asked by OMA in 1998 to lead the design team for the headquarters building of Universal Studios and has been a partner of OMA since 2002

Ellen van Loon has a profound understanding of all facets of the architectural practice. She combines a fine feeling for design with a sharp business acumen and in-depth understanding of all technical and operational aspects. She was appointed Managing Partner of OMA in 2004. She has full time redirected her focus to her passion; architecture in the course of 2005.


Selected Projects
Casa da Musica concert hall, Porto, Portugal – Completed 2005
The Netherlands Embassy, Berlin, Germany – Completed 2005
N M Rothschild Headquarters, London, UK – Competition 2005, 1st Prize. In progress
Mercati Generali Redevelopment, Rome, Italy – Competition 2004, 1st Prize. In progress
Cordoba Congress Centre, Spain – Competition 2002 – In progress
China Central Television Headquarters & Television Culture Centre, Beijing, China – Completion 2008
De Rotterdam, Multi-use towers, Rotterdam, Netherlands – In progress
Universal Headquarters building and master plan, in Los Angeles, USA – Commission 1996

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