Joshua Ramus
Principal, Office for Metropolitan Architecture

Joshua Ramus joined the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1996 and became Partner in 2001. He has led OMA’s U.S. office since its inception in 2000, and is Partner-in-Charge of the Seattle Central Library (completion expected in May 2004), the Dallas Multi-form Theater, and the Oslo Vestbane Development. He was also responsible for the design and construction of the Guggenheim Las Vegas and the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museums, both completed in October 2001, and was a key figure in OMA’s designs for the Universal Headquarters Building and the 1997 MoMA Competition.

Last year, Mr. Ramus participated in the New York Times sponsored “Downtown Study Group” to provide an alternative proposal for the World Trade Center site. Along with other Study Group members Richard Meier, Peter Eisenman, Steven Holl, and Rafael Viñoly, Mr. Ramus’ proposal was published in a special issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine on September 9, 2002.

Mr. 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 the first Araldo Cossutta Fellow and an SOM Fellow.