The Future of Architecture In The Age of AI

OLI has been featured in Architizer's recent article: The Future of Architecture: “Form Follows Function” in the Age of AI. @architizer

2024 AIA Tri-State Fusion Award

OLI is delighted to announce our Symphony Orthodontics project was chosen for the Merit Award given by the Tri-State Conference of AIA State Chapters -AIA New Jersey, AIA New York State, and AIA Pennsylvania for architectural excellence.

2024 Diageo Operations Launch

OLI is proud to celebrate the launch of operations at the Diageo Jade Whisky Distillery. While the first casks of exceptional single malt will take a few years to mature, this milestone marks the start of an extraordinary journey. Blending tradition, innovation, and architectural excellence, this state-of-the-art distillery and visitor center embodies the art of whisky-making at its finest. Here's to a future steeped in heritage and craftsmanship!

2024 SARA National Design Award of Excellence

OLI Architecture is honored to receive the 2024 SARA National Design Award of Excellence, along with the Category Award for Architectural Interiors, for our Symphony Orthodontics office in Bristow, Virginia. #healthcare #twa #architecture #excellence

LONGLEAF ART PARK PRESS CONFERENCE

Press Conference Unveils Longleaf Art Park's Forthcoming at Watersound Origins in Walton County, Florida! Article by Kimber Collins.

ASCENTAGE PHARMA – FINALIST FOR THE ARCHITIZER’S A+AWARD 2024 FOR HIGH RISE BUILDING OF THE YEAR

Honored to be a finalist in 2024’s Architizer A+Awards for Office - High Rise category!

LONGLEAF ART PARK BREAKS GROUND

Longleaf Art Park begins construction!

DESIGN AWARD FROM AIA VIRGINIA – SYMPHONY ORTHODONTICS

We are very happy to hear that the we were awarded a Design Award from AIA Virginia for our Symphony Orthodontics project - Honorable mention!

DIAGEO TOPS OFF!

Diageo Distillery

FACADES + NEWS PARAMETRIC WORKSHOP

Parametric Variations of Molecular Bonding Inspired Campus Facades. Hiroshi and Bing gave a talk at the NYC Facades + Workshop April 5th

BSM CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES!

BSM Community Center progresses in construction.

THE PLAN MAGAZINE ASCENTAGE PHARMA CAMPUS: LA CHIMICA ISPIRA L’ARCHITETTURA

Un complesso moderno e innovativo, che simboleggia la filosofia dell’azienda e il suo costante impegno per il progresso.

AN 2023 WINNERS BEST OF DESIGN AWARDS

“A high level of rigor and talent is needed to bring such a strong feeling of unity throughout an entire campus.”—Meryati Johari Blackwell

DEZEEN – BENZENE RINGS

Benzene rings inform patterned facades of Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters

AN JULY/AUGUST 2023 BENZENE GARDEN – GLASS EDITION

OLI creates a floating campus in Suzhou with an intricate set of facades realized in glass and GFRC.

ANJIPLAY KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL OPENS

Anjiplay Kindergarten is officially in session!!

EXHIBITION DESIGNED BY OLI NOW OPEN IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY

Mirroring the Heart of Heaven and Earth: Ideals and Images in the Chinese Study brings together works spanning from antiquity to contemporary, an exhibition designed by New York-based firm OLI Architecture, has opened in the Palace Museum.

ENDING 2023 WITH ANJIPLAY SCHOOL’S FIRST SNOW!

12.20.2023

SYMPHONY ORTHODONTICS LONGLISTED FOR DEZEEN AWARD

We are very happy to hear that our project, Symphony Orthodontics, was longlisted in the Interiors Category for the 2023 Dezeen Awards!

OUR ASENTAGE PHARMA FEATURED IN DESIGNBOOM!

Ascentage pharma campus in china reveals parametric facades inspired by chemical bonds

APPLE PODCASTS – THE WORLD’S BEST CONSTRUCTION PODCAST – EP #58

In the news, we look at the Ascentage Pharmaceutical Headquarters in Suzhou, China - it's inspired by the shape of chemical bonds and was completed in 2022 (designed by OLI Architecture).

2023 ICFF INTERIOR FINALISTS

Our Symphony Orthodontics project was just announced as an ICFF finalist in the healthcare category

SCHOOLS IN FOCUS PODCAST

Listen to Hiroshi on this podcast talk about our work on the AnjiPlay kindergarten

GDUSA_PALACE MUSEUM

Mirroring the Heart of Heaven and Earth: Ideals and Images in the Chinese Study, an exhibition designed by New York-based firm OLI Architecture, has opened in the Palace Museum. 

MODERN DIPLOMACY

Check out an article on our recent exhibition at the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City

BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURE PODCAST

Using the Art World to Help Grow a Firm. Listen to Hiroshi talk about the early days of the firm and the growth of OLI through our cultural works

ARCHITECTURE TALK_PODCAST_ARCHITECTURE OF ART

Hiroshi joins Vikram Prakash for a talk about OLI, their mutual experiences at Cornell and current OLI projects

DIAGEO GROUND BREAKING

OLI designed 12,500m2 single malt distillery and 2,500m2 visitor center for the global spirits leader Diageo breaks ground

BOSTON DESIGN WEEK – ARCHITECTURE FOR AND AS ART

Join Hiroshi for Boston Design Week on October 14th at 6:00pm as he and celebrated architecture and art photographer Peter Vanderwarker discuss OLI's projects that are both for art and art themsleves.

DOMUS MAGAZINE ISSUE 1061 – FRONTIERS OF ART AND SPACE

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WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL SHORTLIST

Our LX Pavilion has been shortlisted for the 2020/2021 World Architecture Fesitval for Display - Completed Buildings. Join Hiroshi and Dongshin live in December for their presentation to the jurors.

LX PAVILION ON IGNANT

Check out the beautiful feature of our LX Pavilion on the award winning online magazine IGNANT

ALLGOODVIBES

06.01.2017

INTERIOR DESIGN

Our LX Pavilion has been featured in the March issue of Interior Design

LX ON DEZEEN

Check out the video and article in dezeen featuring the LX pavilion.

LONDON CROSS PAVILION FEATURED IN AZURE

Check out the Azure article on our LX Pavilion

SOTHEBY’S ROTHKO CHAPEL LECTURE

02.04.2021 Join critic Professor Shahidha Bari in conversation with custodian of the Rothko legacy Christopher Rothko, international curator, critic and art writer Dr David Anfam and Sotheby’s EVP, Chairman Lisa Dennison, honouring the Rothko Chapel’s 50 years as a landmark of modern sacred art. Our London Cross Pavilion is featured by Lisa Dennison as one […]

ATRDAILY

Located on a private estate in Bedford, New York, LX Pavilion is a site-specific structure named for the Richard Serra sculpture it houses, London Cross (2014).

SOFT MUD, HARD BEAUTY

01.01.2021

LX PAVILION FEATURED ON ICON

London Cross Pavilion featured in ICON

LX ON DESIGN BOOM

LX Pavilion Featured on Design Boom

ARCHITECTS+ARTISANS

Read Hiroshi's Interview on the MuXin Art Museum with Michael Welton of Architects + Artisans

IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY – ARCHIPOSITION

Read Hiroshi's article in Archiposition on the social media buzz and the controversial similarities of the new Wang Zengqi Memorial Hall to the MuXin Art Museum

ERCO

OLI's MuXin Art Museum Lighting Featured in ERCO's website.

OCULUS SPRING 2020

OLI's LX Pavilion featured in Oculus Spring 2020 AIANY Design Awards issue.

AIA NEW YORK DESIGN AWARD

London Cross Pavilion has been awarded the AIANY Award of Honor for Projects.

ANJI PLAY CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS

Phase one core and shell progress

ANJIPLAY IN NETFLIX’S ABSTRACT: THE ART OF DESIGN

Ground-breaking Netflix documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design returns for a second season with an episode focused on AnjiPlay collaborator Cas Holman, directed by Academy Award Winning director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.

GRAPHICS FOR TENCENT BEIJING

With OMA's Tencent Beijing Headquarters in construction, designs for the digital murals are being finalized. Animation in collaboration with Pentagram.

ANJI PLAY FIRST POUR

The beginning of the Anji Play campus construction is well underway—

LONDON CROSS PAVILION NEARS COMPLETION

After running mock-ups for the interior lighting of Richard Serra's steel sculpture, the London Cross Pavilion looks to be approaching completion.

INTERNATIONAL TRUE PLAY CONFERENCE

05.12.2019 The founders and designers of the Anji Play Approach have planned and organized the first annual True Play Conference in Anji County, China as a forum for educational thought and policy leaders from around the world to gain a deeper understanding of the theory and practice of True Play and Anji Play and together […]

AIA MIDDLE EAST DESIGN AWARDS

11.30.2018 The American Institute of Architects, Middle East Chapter, hosted its sixth Year End Conference and Design Awards event in Manama, Bahrain, with the 2018 AIA Middle East Design Awards presented by jury chair Hiroshi Okamoto, AIA of OLI Architecture. The AIA Middle East Chapter’s annual design awards program recognizes excellence in architecture, interior architecture, […]

OLI’S MUXIN ART MUSEUM NO. 10 ON SIMON SCHAMA’S FT’S 10 FORGOTTEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

In concert with the relaunch of “Civilizations” and the origin of great art, on BBC, the host, writer and great art historian Simon Schama, lists OLI’s Mu Xin Museum as one of the 10 forgotten wonders of the world.

MIA TERRACE INAUGURATED BY HH THE EMIR SHEIKHA TAMIN AND PRESIDENT MACRON

12.08.2017 The Museum of Islamic Art had the honour of hosting HH The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani & the President of France, Emmanuel Macron at IDAM by Alain Ducasse yesterday. They were the first visitors to the new restaurant terrace that has spectacular views of the Doha skyline LINK

JURAN CUP of CHINA

11.29.2016 Mu Xin Art Museum has been recently awarded “Best Public Space” Juran Cup of China 2016 by the China Interior Decoration Association. LINK

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AWARDS

OLI Architecture was invited to participate in World Architecture Festival (WAF) November 16-18, 2016 in Berlin, Germany, to present the shortlisted Mu Xin Art Museum.

JETRO NEW YORK

10.21.2016 Hiroshi who is a member of the JETRO (Japanese External Trade Governmental Organization) New York’s small/mid-size business networking research group gave a lecture on October 21st titled “Psychology of Space: How design of places can affect people’s behaviors.”

GERMAN DESIGN COUNCIL ICONIC AWARDS

Mu Xin Art Museum has received "Best of Best" Award from the 2016 German Design Council Iconic Awards.

AIA NEW YORK STATE DESIGN AWARDS

Mu Xin Art Museum has been awarded the AIA NYS Award of Merit for Institutional Projects.

YAPI

07.18.2016 Yapi Magazine Issue 416: Mu Xin Sanat Muzesi

SPACE

07.06.2016 Space – Jul. 2016 584Mu Xin Art Museum

WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AWARDS

Mu Xin Art Museum by OLI Architecture has been put on the shortlist for the World Architecture Festival awards for Cultural completed buildings.

JOURNAL OF STEEL STRUCTURES & CONSTRUCTION

06.14.2016 Journal of Steel Structures & Construction (Japan) – Spring 2016Stainless Application: Miho Institute of Aesthetics Chape. By Hiroshi Okamoto.

ARCHDAILY

04.07.2016

DIVISARE

04.05.2016

漂亮家居

现代装饰

MODERN PAINTERS

02.01.2016 Modern Painters – February 2016Exile’s Return: The new Mu Xin Art Museum honors the life and work of an artist, writer, and political prisoner. By Hunter Braithwaite.

METROPOLIS

01.16.2016 Metropolis Magazine – January 2016Mu Xin Art Museum: Art Topology, by John Gendall

ASIAN ART NEWS PAPER

01.16.2016 Asian Art Newspaper – 01.06.2016The Mu Xin Art Museum, by Yvonne Tan

BLOUINARTINFO TOP

12.22.2015

ARTNET

11.21.2015

WALLPAPER*

11.19.2015

ARTDAILY

11.19.2015

MU XIN GRAND OPENING

Mu Xin Art Museum Opening Ceremony November 15th, 2015.

AIA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

AIA International Region Kyoto Conference 2015 – September, 2015.

2015 CIB AWARD

The Concrete Industry Board awards jury has completed the review of submissions for the 2015 – 54th Annual Roger H. Corbetta Awards Program. The awards jury has chosen Mu Xin Museum to receive the CIB Award of Merit Out of Country.

AIA ENTREPRENEUR SUMMIT

Hiroshi was invited to participate in the inaugural AIA Entrepreneur Summit July 21 — 22, 2015 in Denver, CO. He participated in the panel “Global Practice”, where he discussed his insights into OLI’s international design practice.

NY EATER

12.18.2014 This is the first Mu Ramen Publication!

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

OLI Architecture's interior renovation for the Shanghai Stock Exchange made it's debut for the SH-HK stock connection. Thanks to all the team members for your hard work!