Oppenheim Architecture

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Oppenheim Architecture
Type Private company
Industry Architecture
Founded1999
FounderChad Oppenheim
ServicesArchitecture, interior design, planning
Website www.oppenoffice.com

Oppenheim Architecture is an architecture, planning, and interior practice based in Miami, New York, and Basel founded in 1999 by Chad Oppenheim. [1] The firm has received multiple distinctions, including over 45 AIA Awards. Projects range between hospitality, commercial mixed-use, retail, and residential buildings in over 25 countries. The firm is notable for designing L.A. Villa, film director Michael Bay's residence. [2] In 2018, the practice received the National Design Award for Interior Design by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. [3]

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History

Oppenheim Architecture was established in 1999 by Chad Oppenheim. Oppenheim earned his B.Arch from Cornell University in 1994. [4] Upon graduating, he worked at the Miami-based architecture and design firm Arquitectonica until 1999, when he departed to establish his own practice. [5] Together with Beat Huesler, Chad Oppenheim opened the Basel office in 2009. [6] Oppenheim Architecture New York opened in 2015. [7]

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