RONALD O. PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER at the WORLD TRADE CENTER ARCHITECT BACKGROUNDER September 8, 2016
RONALD O. PERELMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ARCHITECT BACKGROUNDER September 8, 2016 REX is an internationally-acclaimed architecture firm in New York City led by Joshua Prince-Ramus. REX—whose name signifies a re-appraisal (RE) of architecture (X)—consistently challenges and advances building typologies, and promotes the agency of architecture. REX and Joshua are renowned for the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre in Dallas, the Vakko Fashion Center and Power Media Center in Istanbul, and the Seattle Central Library. Their work has been recognized with the profession’s top accolades, including the 2015 Marcus Prize, bestowed upon architects “on a trajectory to greatness,” two American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Awards, 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. The firm is currently working on the Mercedes-Benz Future Lab in Stuttgart, Germany, a 110,000 sf (10,200 m2) 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 new, approximately 400,000 sf (37,100 m2) office building in Washington, DC that will host CBS’s Washington Bureau, among other tenants; a 41,000 sf (3,800 m2) private residence on Long Island for a patriarch and his four children’s future families; a multi-form performing arts house with up to 200 seats for a private school in Virginia that will also serve its surrounding county; and the re-cladding and interior renovation of Five Manhattan West, a 1.5 million sf (140,000 m2) Brutalist landmark straddling Penn Station’s rail yard in New York City.
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