OMA/Progress

This autumn Barbican Art Gallery is transformed by an exhibition on OMA, one of the most influential architecture practices working today. Celebrated as much for their daring and unconventional ideas as their inventive buildings, the work of OMA and its think tank AMO anticipates the architectural, engineering and cultural ideas transforming our material world.

Co-founded in 1975 by Rem Koolhaas, OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) comprises seven partners and a staff of around 280 architects, designers, researchers and support staff in offices in Rotterdam, New York, Beijing and Hong Kong. OMA/Progress is the first major presentation of OMA’s work in the UK and coincides with the opening of their first buildings here, Rothschild Bank HQ in the City of London and a Maggie’s Centre in Gartnavel, Glasgow.

The exhibition is guest curated by the Belgium-based collective, Rotor. With unprecedented behind the scenes access, Rotor has curated a uniquely surprising display of never-before-seen materials from OMA’s global offices and its archive in Rotterdam, dating from the 1970s to now.

For more information and to book tickets, visit http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=12472