Larry Oltmanns
{{short description|American architect}}
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Larry Oltmanns (born 1951, in Rockford, Illinois, United States){{citation needed|date=October 2014}} is an American architect. He has achieved recognition for his work as an architect and master planner of large-scale mixed-use developments worldwide. Oltmanns is Design Director and CEO of Vx3 Architects.Strategists.Urban Designers.{{cite web|title=About Larry Oltmanns-Vx3 Website|url=http://www.vx3arch.com/lko01.html|accessdate=27 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204062559/http://www.vx3arch.com/lko01.html|archive-date=4 December 2012|url-status=dead}}
Career
Oltmanns graduated from the University of Illinois in 1973 with a BA in Architecture.
Oltmanns spent more than 30 years with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), initially in their Chicago office and later as Design Partner of SOM London. He led the design teams responsible for many landmarks including Rondo 1{{cite web|title=Architects Journal-3 April, 2003|date=3 April 2003 |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/som/143067.article|accessdate=28 November 2012}} in Warsaw, 10 Exchange Square at Broadgate in London, the Convention and Exhibition Centre (COEX) at the Korea World Trade Centre and the multi award-winning Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.{{cite web|title=Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre|url=http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/148Scenery6071.html|accessdate=28 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120055655/http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/148Scenery6071.html|archive-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead}} His competition-winning design for the new extension to the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre was awarded a 6 Star Green Star environmental rating by the Green Building Council of Australia, the first in the world for a convention centre.
In 2004, following a round of redundancies and management problems with their NATO Headquarters project, Oltmanns chose to leave SOM.{{cite web |author=George Hay | title=Architect Quits Over Troubled NATO Project | url= http://www.building.co.uk/news/architect-quits-over-troubled-nato-project/3040352.article |date=2004 |issue=36 |accessdate=7 October 2014|url-access=registration }}
Oltmanns founded Vx3 in April 2007. One of his firm’s first projects was the master plan for the $2 billion redevelopment of Euston Station in London. Current projects include three mixed-use developments in central London of over {{convert|3000000|sqft|m2}}, plus large-scale residential and commercial projects in Moscow, Warsaw, Calgary, and Dublin.
Awards
Oltmanns has won numerous awards for design excellence, including the American Institute of Architects, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and the City of Seoul, Korea.
Oltmanns served on London’s International Convention Centre Commission in 2004/5. He is a long-standing member of the International Congress & Convention Association (ICCA).
Notable projects
- Chicago Place at 700 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago
- Adelaide Convention Centre Expansion, South Australia{{cite web|title=River banking on a new Torrens icon|url=http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/river-banking-on-a-new-torrens-icon/story-e6frfkp9-1225992584190|accessdate=28 November 2012}}
- Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre{{cite web|title=Partnerships in Victoria|url=http://www.partnerships.vic.gov.au/CA25708500035EB6/0/0902EAD8013746EDCA2570B1008095BC|accessdate=29 November 2012}}
- National Trade Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto
- NATO Headquarters, Brussels{{cite web|title=CNN-NATO headquarters get makeover|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/24/design360.NATO/index.html|accessdate=29 November 2012}}
- Rondo 1, Warsaw{{cite web|title=Budynek biurowy Rondo 1|url=http://architektura.muratorplus.pl/zycie-w-architekturze/2012/budynek-biurowy-rondo-1/964/|accessdate=29 November 2012}}
- Lopez Centre, Manilla as CEO and Design Director of Vx3 Architects.Strategists.Urban Designers
- Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong{{cite web|title=10 best exhibition centres|url=http://www.theexhibitionagency.org/the_top_ten_best_exhibitions_in_the_world.html|accessdate=29 November 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416001055/http://www.theexhibitionagency.org/the_top_ten_best_exhibitions_in_the_world.html|archive-date=16 April 2013|url-status=dead}}
- COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea{{cite web|title=UIA 2017 World Congress of Architecture|url=http://www.uia2017seoul.org/congress/congress_02.asp?sMenu=con2|accessdate=29 November 2012}}
- Dublin Airport, Terminal 1 Pier D, Dublin{{cite web|url=http://www.building.co.uk/news/finance/som-makes-london-its-european-headquarters/1017919.article|accessdate=29 November 2012|title=SOM makes London its European headquarters }}
- Dallas Convention Center, Dallas{{cite web|title=Washington Times-Dallas Convention Center|website=The Washington Times |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/dallas-convention-center/|accessdate=29 November 2012}}
- 10 Exchange Square, London
References
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External links
- [http://www.vx3.com Vx3 Architects.Strategists.Urban Designers]
- [http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/q-and-a-larry-oltmanns-skidmore-owings-and-merrill/139126.article Q & A Larry Oltmanns - Architects Journal 2004]
- [http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/starchitects-changing-our-city-design/story-fn6bqphm-1226367382051 Starchitects changing our city design - Adelaide Now May 25, 2012]
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