Ole Scheeren

January 10, 2024
Architect

Quick Facts

Ole Scheeren
Full Name Ole Scheeren
Occupation Architect
Date Of Birth Jan 6, 1971(1971-01-06)
Age 53
Birthplace Karlsruhe
Country Germany
Birth City Baden-Württemberg
Horoscope Capricorn

Ole Scheeren Biography

Name Ole Scheeren
Birthday Jan 6
Birth Year 1971
Place Of Birth Karlsruhe
Home Town Baden-Württemberg
Birth Country Germany
Birth Sign Capricorn
Parents Dieter Scheeren

Ole Scheeren is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on January 6, 1971 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Ole Scheeren (born 6 January 1971) is a German urbanist, architect and founder of the Buro Ole Scheeren Group with offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Berlin and Bangkok and is a visiting professor of Hong Kong’s University of Hong Kong since January of 2010.

Scheeren has been involved in a variety of arts and culture initiatives and exhibits over the course of his life such as The International Highrise Award, Milan Triennale, China Design Now in London, Cities on the Move in London and Bangkok, Media City Seoul and the Rotterdam Film Festival. In 2006, he created two exhibitions for MOMA located in New York and Beijing featuring the CCTV Headquarters project. He is often a speaker at international conferences and institutions. He also is a juror for competitions and awards.

In September 2015 Scheeren held a speech at TED in London with the title “Why great architecture should tell a story?”

As Partner-in-charge of OMA’s largest project to date, he successfully led the realization of the China Central Television Station (CCTV) and the Television Cultural Centre (TVCC) in Beijing. His other projects include MahaNakhon, a 314-meter mixed-use tower in the city of Bangkok owned until 2017 by Pace Development; The Scotts Tower, featuring high-end apartments in Singapore; The Interlace, a 1000-unit residential complex in Singapore; a project for Shenzhen’s new city centre; as well as the Taipei Performing Arts Center. He also directed OMA’s work for Prada and completed the Prada Epicenters in New York (2001) and Los Angeles (2004). He also led numerous other projects including the Beijing Books Building, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Leeum Cultural Center in Seoul, and a masterplan for Penang Island in Malaysia.

Ole Scheeren has been living in Beijing since 2004 and was romantically involved with Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung from 2007 until 2011.

Ole Scheeren Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Architect
House Living in own house.

Ole Scheeren is one of the richest Architect from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ole Scheeren 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After having worked throughout Germany, New York and London, Ole Scheeren began working with OMA. Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in Rotterdam in 1995. In 2002, he was appointed Director and Partner of the OMA offices located in Beijing as well as Hong Kong and responsible for the whole Asia business for over 10 years.

When he was 14 he worked in the office of his father creating furniture. He completed his first project in architecture in the year 21. When he was twenty-one, he travelled with his rucksack across the rural areas of China and lived in China with the locals for three months prior to his studies beginning. Ole Scheeren studied at the Institute of Technology (KIT) in Karlsruhe as well as in the Ecole Polytechnique Federale (EPFL) in Lausanne and completed his dissertation at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London and was awarded the RIBA Silver Medal in 2000 for his research project dubbed “MexT Project” which analysed the economic, territorial, and social aspects of the architecture and space.

In March 2010, Ole Scheeren left OMA and started his own architecture firm named Büro Ole Scheeren Group.

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Facts & Trivia

Ole Ranked on the list of most popular Architect. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Ole Scheeren celebrates birthday on January 6 of every year.

What is Ole Scheeren known for?

Ole Scheeren is a German-born architect and principal of Büro Ole Scheeren. His landmark projects shape the way we interact with our cities and generate new social narratives through a bold vision of architecture as highly connective and integrative environments.

Where does Ole Scheeren live?

Personal life. Ole Scheeren has been living in Beijing since 2004 and was romantically involved with the Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung from 2007 to 2011.

Where was Ole Scheeren born?

Karlsruhe, Germany

Who made architecture?

The earliest surviving written work on the subject of architecture is De architectura by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century AD.

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