REX (architecture firm)

REX is an architecture and design firm based in New York City, whose name signifies a re-appraisal (RE) of architecture (X). Seminal projects include the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, Texas; the Vakko Fashion Center in Istanbul, Turkey; and the Seattle Central Library. The work of REX has been recognized with accolades including two American Institute of Architects' National Honor Awards in 2005 and 2011,[1] a U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology National Honor Award, an American Library Association National Building Award, and two American Council of Engineering Companies' National Gold Awards.

REX
Practice information
Key architectsJoshua Prince-Ramus
Founded2000
LocationNew York, New York
Significant works and honors
BuildingsRonald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, 2050 M Street, Five Manhattan West, Necklace Residence, AT&T Performing Arts Center Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center, Seattle Central Library, Museum Plaza, Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum
Website
www.rex-ny.com

History
Seattle Central Library

REX's 30 designers are led by Joshua Prince-Ramus, who was founding partner of OMA New York—the American affiliate of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas—until he rebranded that firm as REX in 2006.[2]

While REX was still known as OMA New York, Prince-Ramus was Partner in Charge of the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas and the Seattle Central Library, hailed as Time's 2004 Building of the year and by Herbert Muschamp in The New York Times as "the most exciting new building it has been an honor to review in more than 30 years of writing about architecture."[3] In 2005, the Seattle Central Library was awarded the top honors bestowed by the American Institute of Architects, the American Library Association, and the American Council of Engineering Companies. The Library was one of seven finalists for the inaugural Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, awarded in 2014 to the best architectural work in North and South America completed from 2000 to 2013.[4]

Projects
AT&T Performing Arts Center's Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, Dallas, Texas

Recent projects

Current projects include the Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center (PACWTC), a 7,400 m² (80,000sf) building for the production and premiering of theater, dance, music, musical theater, opera, and film works; the Mercedes-Benz Future Lab in Stuttgart, Germany, a 10,200 m²(110,000 sf) public showcase for the brand’s impact on state-of-the-art mobility and a factory for creating, debating, and presenting the indeterminate future; a 4,300 m² (46,300 sf) private residence on Long Island for a patriarch, his four children, and each of their four future families; the re-cladding and interior renovation of Five Manhattan West, a 140,000 m² (1.5 million sf) Brutalist landmark straddling Penn Station’s rail yard in New York City; and 2050 M Street, a new, approximately 37,100 m² (400,000 sf) office building in Washington, DC that will host the CBS Washington Bureau, amongst other tenants. An innovative performing arts center at Brown University is expected to be completed in Spring 2023.[5]

  • 2050 M Street (2019 completion), Washington, DC
  • Necklace Residence (2018 completion), New York, New York
  • Five Manhattan West (2016 completion), New York, New York
  • Museum of the 20th Century (invited competition 2016), Berlin, Germany
  • Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center (commenced 2015), New York, New York
  • Mercedes-Benz Future Lab & Campus Extension (invited competition 2012), Stuttgart, Germany

Additional Projects

Within the past few years, REX was declared winner of a limited competition for a $480 million, 80-story tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has been a finalist in limited international competitions for the new Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway; the Finnish Innovation Fund’s Low2No sustainable development in Helsinki, Finland;[6] the new Victoria and Albert Museum in Dundee, Scotland;[7] and the New Central Library for Calgary, Canada.

Amongst REX's recently completed work, the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas received the American Institute of Architect's 2011 National Honor Award, the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology's 2012 National Honor Award, and the American Council of Engineering Companies' 2010 National Gold Award. The Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center in Istanbul, Turkey, was presented Archdaily's 2010 Office Building of the Year,[8] Wallpaper* magazine's Design Award 2011 for Best Workspace,[9] Architizer's 2013 A+ Award for Low-Rise Office Building, and was nominated for the 2013 Aga Khan Award.

Awards
  • 2016 Architect, Progressive Architecture Award (Yongsan International Business District "Project R6")[10]
  • 2015 AIANY, Honor Award in Architecture Category (Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center)[11]
  • 2014 Architizer, A+ Award in Architecture + Technology (Equator Tower)[12]
  • 2014 AZ, Best Unbuilt Competition Entry, Jury Award and People's Choice (Media Headquarters Buildings)[13][14]
  • 2014 Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Center for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies, American Architecture Award (Yongsan International Business District "Project R6")[15]
  • 2013 Architizer, A+ Awards for Low Rise Office Building (Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center)[16]
  • 2012 U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology, National Honor Award (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)[17]
  • 2012 AZ, Best Unbuilt Competition Scheme, People's Choice (CLC & MSFL Towers)[18]
  • 2011 ICON magazine, Award for the World's Coolest Office (Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center)
  • 2011 AIA, National Honor Award (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)[19]
  • 2010 American Council of Engineering Companies, Engineering Excellence Grand Award (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)[20]
  • 2010 ArchDaily, Office Building of the Year (Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center)[21]
  • 2010 TEXO, Distinguished Building Award (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)[22]
  • 2010 Architype Review, Performing Arts Center: Most Notable North American Project (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)
  • 2010 American Council of Engineering Companies, National Gold Award (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)[23]
  • 2009 ArchDaily, U.S.A Building of the Year (Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre)
  • 2005 Wired magazine, Rave Award (Seattle Central Library)[24]
  • 2005 Travel + Leisure magazine, Design Award (Seattle Central Library)[25]
  • 2005 GQ magazine, 25 Buildings Every Man Should Know (Seattle Central Library)[26]
  • 2005 Condé Nast Traveler magazine, Design Award (Seattle Central Library)[27]
  • 2005 SPACE magazine,Design Award (Seattle Central Library)[28]
  • 2005 ASCE, Honor Award for Excellence in Engineering (Seattle Central Library)
  • 2005 AIA/ALA, Library Building Award (Seattle Central Library)[29]
  • 2005 ACEC of Washington, Gold Award (Seattle Central Library)[30]
  • 2005 ACEC of Washington, Platinum Award (Seattle Central Library)[31]
  • 2005 AIA, National Honor Award (Seattle Central Library)[32]
  • 2004 LEED, Silver Certification (Seattle Central Library)[33]
  • 2004 TIME magazine, Building of the Year (Seattle Central Library)[34]
  • 2004 Los Angeles Times, Best Reviewed Buildings (Seattle Central Library)
  • 2004 The New York Times, Most Exciting Building Ever Reviewed (Seattle Central Library)[35]
  • 2003 Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Krentz Award (Seattle Central Library)[36]
  • 2001 Seattle Design Commission, Design Excellence Award (Seattle Central Library)[37]

Videos

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