Joshua Prince-Ramus

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Joshua Prince-Ramus
Personal information
Name	Joshua Prince-Ramus
Nationality	United States
Birth date	11 August 1969 (1969-08-11) (age 39)
Birth place	United States
Alma mater	Yale University, Harvard University
Work
Practice name	REX, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Significant buildings	Seattle Central Library, Museum Plaza, Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, Vakko Headquarters

Joshua Prince-Ramus (born August 11, 1969, United States) is a notable American architect. Prince-Ramus is president of REX and Principal in Charge of all projects. Buildings currently under construction include the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Texas; Museum Plaza, a 62-story art institute and mixed-use development in Louisville, Kentucky; and the Istanbul headquarters for Vakko, Turkey’s preeminent fashion company.

Prince-Ramus was a founding partner of OMA New York—the American branch of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture —and served as its director until he renamed the firm REX in 2006.^[1] While REX was still known as OMA New York, Prince-Ramus was Partner in Charge of the Guggenheim Hermitage in Las Vegas and the Seattle Central Library, hailed as TIME magazine’s 2004 Building of the Year”^[2] and by New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp as “the most exciting new building it has been my 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 (AIA), the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the American Library Association (ALA).

Esquire magazine recently described Prince-Ramus as the “savior of American architecture” in its December 2008 “Genius Issue.”^[4] Additionally, he has been identified as one of “The 20 Essential Young Architects” by Icon magazine in April 2008,^[5] as one of the world’s most influential young architects by Wallpaper* in its October 2006 “40 under 40” issue,^[6] and as one of the twenty most influential players in design by Fast Company in its June 2005 “Masters of Design” issue.^[7]

Prince-Ramus is a member of the TED Brain Trust—along with thinkers such as Craig Venter, Dean Kamen, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin. In 2006, he was invited to speak at the TED conference. A video of Prince-Ramus’ TEDTalk, in which he describes the designs of the Seattle Central Library, the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, and Museum Plaza, can be found at www.TED.com.^[8]

Prince-Ramus received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with distinction from Yale University in 1991 and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1996, where he was both an SOM fellow and the first Araldo Cossutta Fellow. In 2007, he was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor^[9] at the Yale School of Architecture, and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for the Spring 2009 term. Prince-Ramus is an NCARB certified architect, and holds licenses in Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and The Netherlands.

Prince-Ramus is an outspoken critic of the popular architectural emphasis on the vision of the architect, focusing instead on getting particular projects done to the satisfaction of the client.^[10]

Contents 1 Work 2 Videos 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Work

• Museum Plaza (2011) (projected), Louisville, Kentucky
• Vestbane (2011) (projected), Oslo, Norway
• Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre (2009) (projected), Dallas, Texas
• Vakko Headquarters and Power Media Center (2009) (projected), Istanbul, Turkey
• Munch Museum (2009), Oslo, Norway
• Munch Area Master Plan (2009), Oslo, Norway
• Kortrijk LLLibrary (2009), Kortrijk, Belgium
• Kunsthaus Zurich Extension Competition (2009), Zurich, Switzerland
• Madison Avenue (Doll)House for the Calvin Klein Collection storefront on Madison Avenue (2008), New York, New York
• Forward Residence for the Forward Building (2008), New York, New York
• Yongsan Experiment (2008), Seoul, Korea
• Governors Island Competition (2007), New York, New York
• Walter & Leonore Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology (2006) Pasadena, California
• Seattle Central Library (2004), Seattle, Washington
• Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum and Guggenheim Las Vegas Museum (2001) Las Vegas, Nevada

[edit] Videos

• Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library 2006, 19 minutes, 58 seconds, color. www.TED.com.

[edit] References

1. ^ Robin Pogrebin, Joshua Prince-Ramus Leaving Koolhaas's O.M.A. to Start New Architecture Firm, The New York Times, May 14, 2006
2. ^ Richard Lacayo, TIME 2004 Best and Worst: Architecture, TIME, 2004
3. ^ Herbert Muschamp, The Library That Puts on Fishnets and Hits the Disco, The New York Times, May 16, 2004
4. ^ Scott Raab, The Young Savior of American Architecture Burying Frank Gehry, Esquire, December 12, 2008
5. ^ Justin McGuirk, The 20 Essential Young Architects, Icon, April 2008
6. ^ Jeremy Langmead, [1] Wallpaper*, October 2006
7. ^ Jena McGregor, The Architect of a Different Kind of Organization, Fast Company, June 2005
8. ^ Joshua Prince-Ramus, Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library, TED.com, July 2006
9. ^ Yale School of Architecture, The Eero Saarinen Visiting Professorship of Architectural Design, Yale School of Architecture, November 2007
10. ^ Scott Raab, The Young Savior of American Architecture Burying Frank Gehry, Esquire, December 12, 2008

[edit] External links

• Joshua Prince-Ramus: Designing the Seattle Central Library at TED
• Joshua Prince-Ramus Profile on TED.com
• Gendall, John (2007-09-19). "REX Marks Its First Year". Architectural Record. pp. n. pag. http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070919rex.asp. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 
• Pogrebin, Robin (2006-05-14). "Joshua Prince-Ramus Leaving Koolhaas's O.M.A. to Start New Architecture Firm". The New York Times. pp. n. pag. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/arts/design/14pogr.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-02.